Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy: Samsun Experience

Several surgical techniques are employed in the surgical treatment of left ventricular aneurysm, which is one of the probable complications peculiar to transmural myocardial infarctions. A total of 41 patients on whom left ventricular aneurysm had been diagnosed between January 1992 and December 2002 were examined retrospectively in our clinic. Aneurysm repairment was performed on 35 patients using "linear suturing technique" and on 6 patients using endoventricular patch technique. Three patients (7.32%) received only aneurysmectomy and 38 patients (92.68%) received coronary by-pass in addition to aneurysmectomy. Hospital mortality was 2.44%. Aneurysm surgery still maintains its significance in the treatment of ischemic heart diseases. The selection of repairment is made with respect to the pre-operative cardiac condition of the patient.