Impact of surgical ventricular restoration on early and long-term outcomes of patients with left ventricular aneurysm: A single-center experience

Left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) is a common complication of myocardial infarction. However, the optimal treatment for LVA remains controversial. In this retrospective study, we analyzed the early and long-term clinical consequences of surgical ventricular restoration on 102 patients who had undergone repair between January, 2005 and January, 2015. The LVA repair approaches comprised of patch plasty (n = 28), linear repair (n = 40), and plication repair (n = 34). Patient demographics were 60.8% male, and the mean age was 60.5 ± 7.2 years. The in-hospital mortality rate was 7.8% (8/102), including 6 patients who died from low cardiac output and 2 from multiorgan failure. During the early postoperative period, left ventricular sizes significantly decreased in the patch plasty and linear repair groups compared with the plication group. In addition, all 3 repair techniques greatly ameliorated left ventricular ejection fraction (P < .05), and there was no significant difference in survival rate between groups (P = .25). Surgical ventricular restoration (linear repair, plication repair, and patch plasty) obtained equivalently appreciable outcomes for cardiac function improvement, perioperative mortality, and survival. Selection of a surgical technique for LVA patients should be optimized to individual patient conditions including the morphological characteristics of the aneurysm and ischemic scar.