Residual high incidence of ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular reconstructive surgery James O. O’Neill, MB, Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH, Yaariv Khaykin, MD, Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, James B. Young, MD, MPH, Melanie Hail, RN, Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN, Nicholas Smedira, MD, Mina K. Chung, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 130, Issue 5, Pages 1250-1256 (November 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.06.045 Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Description of the 3 groups. LVR, Left ventricular reconstruction; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; EP, Electrophysiologic; Pre-op, before surgery; Post-Op, after surgery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 130, 1250-1256DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.06.045) Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curve according to groups (censored for cardiac transplantation). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 130, 1250-1256DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.06.045) Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curve (censored for cardiac transplantation) according to electrophysiologic (EP) results. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 130, 1250-1256DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.06.045) Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Time to first therapy (within 90 days of LVR surgery) in patients with ICD firings (n = 15). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 130, 1250-1256DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.06.045) Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions