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Does Aneurysmectomy Reduce Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias?

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Coronary Heart Surgery

Abstract

Ventricular arrhythmia frequently complicates ventricular aneurysm in coronary heart disease [1,2]. The poor prognosis of recurrent ven­tricular tachycardia refractory to medical treatment is well known. Since the first clinical report [3] of successful control of recur­rent ventricular tachycardia by resection of a left ventricular aneurysm, surgical treatment is considered to be indicated to abolish ventricular arrhythmia refractory to medical therapy.

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Klein, H., Lichtlen, P.R., Borst, H.G. (1979). Does Aneurysmectomy Reduce Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias?. In: Roskamm, H., Schmuziger, M. (eds) Coronary Heart Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67295-8_22

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