Left ventricular reconstruction by endoventricular circular patch plasty repair: a 17-year experience

V Dor, M Di Donato, M Sabatier, FÇ Montiglio… - Seminars in thoracic and …, 2001 - Elsevier
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 …

Endoventricular patch reconstruction of ischemic failing ventricle. A single center with 20 years experience. Advantages of magnetic resonance imaging assessment

V Dor, M Sabatier, F Montiglio, F Civaia… - Heart failure reviews, 2005 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture: repair by endocardial patch with infarct exclusion

TE David, L Dale, Z Sun - The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular …, 1995 - Elsevier
A novel operative technique for postinfarction ventricular septal defect has been used in 44
consecutive patients. The operation consists of excluding rather than excising the infarcted …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of endoventricular patch plasty in large postinfarction akinetic scar and severe left ventricular dysfunction: comparison with a series of large dyskinetic …

V Dor, M Sabatier, M Di Donato, F Montiglio… - The Journal of thoracic …, 1998 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the Dor procedure on left ventricular dimension and shape and geometric correlates of mitral regurgitation one year after surgery

M Di Donato, M Sabatier, V Dor, GF Gensini… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2001 - Elsevier
Objectives: In the present study we retrospectively analyzed ventriculographic data from
symptomatic patients after myocardial infarction who underwent the Dor procedure …

Akinetic versus dyskinetic postinfarction scar: relation to surgical outcome in patients undergoing endoventricular circular patch plasty repair

M Di Donato, M Sabatier, V Dor, A Toso… - Journal of the American …, 1997 - jacc.org
Objectives. This retrospective study attempted to relate surgical outcome with the extent and
type of preoperative wall motion asynergy in patients with postinfarction myocardial scar …

[HTML][HTML] Early results with partial left ventriculectomy

PM McCarthy, RC Starling, J Wong, GM Scalia… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 1997 - Elsevier
Objective: We sought to determine the role of partial left ventriculectomy in patients with
dilated cardiomyopathy. Methods: Since May 1996 we have performed partial left …

[HTML][HTML] Late hemodynamic results after left ventricular patch repair associated with coronary grafting in patients with postinfarction akinetic or dyskinetic aneurysm of …

V Dor, M Sabatier, M Di Donato, M Maioli… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 1995 - Elsevier
This study reports hemodynamic, electrophysiologic, and clinical results in 171 patients (157
men and 14 women, mean age 57±8 years) 1 year after endoventricular circular patch repair …

Results of nonguided subtotal endocardiectomy associated with left ventricular reconstruction in patients with ischemic ventricular arrhythmias

V Dor, M Sabatier, F Montigho, P Rossi, A Toso… - The Journal of thoracic …, 1994 - Elsevier
We analyzed the effects of nonguided endocardiectomy in patients with ischemic ventricular
arrhythmias who underwent reconstructive operations for postinfarction left ventricular …

Time-dependent changes in the plasma concentration of matrix metalloproteinase 9 after acute myocardial infarction

JJ Kaden, CE Dempfle, T Sueselbeck, M Brueckmann… - Cardiology, 2003 - karger.com
Abstract Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 are believed to play a
pathophysiologic role in acute myocardial infarction (MI). The time course of their plasma …