Partial left ventriculectomy for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: early results and six- month follow-up Siniša Gradinac, MD, Milutin Mirić, MD, PhD, Zoran Popović, MD, Aleksandar D Popović, MD, PhD, Aleksandar N Nešković, MD, Ljiljana Jovović, MD, PhD, Ljiljana Vuk, MD, Milovan Bojić, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 66, Issue 6, Pages 1963-1968 (December 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00888-1
Fig 1 Surgical technique. (A) Left-ventricular excision. (B) Mitral valve repair, showing eccentric commissural annuloplasty, coaptation stitch of leaflets, and papillary muscle rotation and pull toward the apex. (C) Pledget-supported over-and-over suture of the left ventricle. (APM = anterior papillary muscle; PML = posterior mitral leaflet; PPM = posterior papillary muscle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1963-1968DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00888-1)
Fig 2 Survival of patients after partial left ventriculectomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1963-1968DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00888-1)
Fig 3 (A) New York Heart Association class preoperatively and at 6-month follow-up (n = 16). (B) Six-minute walking test distance preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively (n = 16). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1963-1968DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00888-1)
Fig 4 Cardiac index (CI) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), before, during, and after partial left ventriculectomy. Increase in CI after partial left ventriculectomy was noted with further improvement during follow-up. PCWP decreased initially, but returned to baseline values at follow-up. (Base = baseline; intraop = intraoperative; Mo = months; post = postoperatively; W = weeks; ∗p < 0.05; †p < 0.01; ∗∗p < 0.0001.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1963-1968DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00888-1)