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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:196-201
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL
Clinic of Cardio-Surgery at Campinas, Rua Jose Teodoro de Lima 77, ap 62, Cambuí, 130150-150 Campinas, Brazil
Received 1 August 2005; received in revised form 16 November 2005; accepted 22 November 2005.
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +55 19 3232 3856; fax: +55 19 3232 3856. (Email: gcar{at}hotmail.com).
Objective: There are subsets of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy for whom the optimal treatment strategies are not clear. The objective of this study was to delineate the relationship between clinical outcomes and surgical procedure in patients who were treated either with a coronary artery bypass graft or with a coronary artery bypass graft and additional ventricular restoration. Methods: The study population comprised 137 consecutive patients with anterior myocardial infarction. All patients had an ejection fraction <50% and left ventricle end-systolic volume index >80 ml/m2. The patients were divided into a viable and a non-viable group according to anterior myocardium viability, which was determined by a thallium-201 test. The viable group underwent a revascularization and was randomized into two groups for additional ventricular reconstruction. Group 1a comprised 35 patients with viable anterior wall who underwent surgical revascularization. Group 1b comprised 39 patients with viable anterior wall who underwent surgical revascularization and ventricular restoration. Group 2 comprised 69 patients with non-viable anterior wall who underwent revascularization and ventricular reconstruction. The preoperative and postoperative ejection fractions, end-systolic volume, mitral regurgitation, mortality, and heart failure symptoms were compared among groups. Results: Complete 2-year follow-up was achieved in 127 (92.7%) patients. Ejection fraction improved in all groups compared with preoperative values and it was greater in group 1b than in group 1a (p < 0.001) at 2 years. There were no postoperative deaths in group 1a, one in group 1b, and two in group 2. After 2 years, group 1b was significantly smaller than group 1a (p < 0.01) in relation to mitral regurgitation of grades 1 to 2+. End-systolic volume was significantly smaller in group 1b than in group 1a (p < 0.001), it was smaller in group 1a than in group 2 (p < 0.001), and it was smaller in group 1b than in group 2 (p < 0.001). Heart failure class (NYHA) was reduced in all groups and events were significantly smaller in patients with end-systolic volume lesser than 120 ml/m2 (p < 0.05). Conclusion: We have demonstrated that the short-term and mid-term outcomes of coronary artery surgery alone in patients with a large left ventricle are inferior to coronary artery surgery plus ventricular restoration.
Key Words: Myocardial viability • Ventricular reconstruction • Surgical revascularization
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