Different surgical techniques, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, have been
used to reverse adverse left ventricular remodeling due to postinfarction left ventricular …

The first experience with endoventricular circular patch plasty (EVCPP) was reported in
1984 as a surgical method to rebuild left ventricular (LV) geometry made more spheric after …

Background: Many believe that dyskinesia is the only predictor of favorable surgical
outcome after large myocardial infarction and that akinetic scars do not recover well in …

Heart failure is a major health problem with increasing prevalence due partly to an aged
population and more effective treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Postinfarction left …

Background. The global left ventricular dysfunction characteristic of left ventricular aneurysm
is associated with muscle fiber stretching in the adjacent noninfarcted (border zone) region …

Mechanical complications post-acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) are rare, but may have
dramatic and potentially lethal consequences. Most often, the left ventricle is affected and …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the hemodynamic effects at 1 month and 1 year of left
ventricular reconstruction by means of endoventricular patch plasty for patients with acute or …

Background—In ischemic cardiomyopathy, dyssynchrony of left ventricular (LV) mechanical
contraction produces adverse hemodynamic consequences. This study tests the capacity of …

Objective: Partial left ventriculectomy (PLV), pioneered by Batista, has been proposed as an
alternative treatment strategy in patients with refractory congestive heart failure. In order to …

The left ventricular reconstruction (LVR) with endoventricular circular patch plasty (EVCPP)
was reported in 1984 as a surgical method to rebuild left ventricular aneurysm or asynergy …