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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:155-156. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.055
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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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Jerry Braun, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Postbus 9600, Leiden, 2300 RC the Netherlands

(Email: j.braun@lumc.nl).

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Left ventricular (LV) remodeling as a consequence of acute myocardial infarction (MI) resulting in heart failure poses a major healthcare problem. Although some of the late expressions of the post-MI remodeling process can be addressed by surgical intervention (LV reconstruction surgery, restrictive mitral annuloplasty), prevention of infarct expansion in addition to reperfusion therapy, as early as possible, would be a very viable target for both cardiologists and cardiac surgeons.

In their well-established ovine, acute MI model, Ryan and colleagues [1] have adopted a simple, yet elegant technique to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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