TY - JOUR
T1 - Restoring an elliptical chamber during rebuilding a wrap around anterior infarction
AU - Buckberg, Gerald
AU - Menicanti, Lorenzo
AU - De Oliveira, Sergio
AU - Athanasuleas, Constantine
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - Left ventricular geometry is distorted after anterior infarction caused by occlusion of a wrap around left anterior descending artery. Loss of the apex creates a spherical left ventricular (LV) chamber, whose rebuilding requires reconstruction techniques that exclude the non-functional inferior wall. The described technique of tailoring the apex defines a way to create an oblique elliptical rim for subsequent patch placement to complete the restoration procedure. This method of ventricular rebuilding differs from methods that follow the inferior wall scar, which result in a restoration procedure that leaves a spherical or box-like apical region.
AB - Left ventricular geometry is distorted after anterior infarction caused by occlusion of a wrap around left anterior descending artery. Loss of the apex creates a spherical left ventricular (LV) chamber, whose rebuilding requires reconstruction techniques that exclude the non-functional inferior wall. The described technique of tailoring the apex defines a way to create an oblique elliptical rim for subsequent patch placement to complete the restoration procedure. This method of ventricular rebuilding differs from methods that follow the inferior wall scar, which result in a restoration procedure that leaves a spherical or box-like apical region.
KW - Conical chamber
KW - SVR
KW - Ventricular restoration
KW - Wrap around anterior infarction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.08.015
DO - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.08.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 16194608
AN - SCOPUS:27544451619
VL - 28
SP - 772
EP - 774
JO - European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
JF - European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
SN - 1010-7940
IS - 5
ER -