During 1994, we performed 49 surgical corrections of left ventricular aneurysm in patients aged 32 to 79 years. The surgical technique was reconstruction (endoaneurysmorraphy) in 7 patients and resection in 42. In all patients the plicature in the interventricular septum was done. The factors studied were: site of the aneurysm, myocardial protection, anoxia time, cardiopulmonary bypass time, simultaneously myocardial revascularization, interval between acute myocardial infarction and the surgical treatment, clinical status and the utilization of intra-aortic balloon pump. The mortality rate was 14% (7 cases). The only factors that predicted mortality were functional class (NYHA) and the type of myocardial protection.
Left ventricle aneurysms; Left ventricle aneurysms