Combined exercise radionuclide and hemodynamic evaluation of left ventricular aneurysmectomy

Journal Article · Sun Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1982 · Am. Heart J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-8703(82)90429-X· OSTI ID:6794978

Dymond, D S; Stephens, J D; Stone, D L; Elliott, A T; Rees, G M; Spurrell, R A

Twelve patients were studied by rest and exercise radionuclide ventriculography following left ventricular aneurysmectomy (LVA). Left ventricular filling pressure (LVFP) was also measured. Nine patients had been studied pre-LVA at rest and exercise before and after isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN). Resting ejection fraction (LVEF) improved after LVA (p less than 0.25), but exercise LVEF did not. End-diastolic volume (EDV) and resting LVFP also fell after LVA (p less than 0.25 for EDV, p less than 0.05 for LVFP) and although exercise LVFP fell (p less than 0.02), the values were abnormal in all patients. Ejection fraction of contractile segment (EFCS) from the resting radionuclide study pre-LVA was related to resting LVEF post-LVA (r . 0.71 p less than 0.02), although postoperative LVEF could not be predicted from preoperative EFCS in individual patients. Deterioration in LVEF and LVFP from rest to exercise post-LVA occurred both in patients with single-vessel occlusion and in those with multivessel coronary disease, irrespective of whether or not revascularization had been performed. Thus LVA is effective in improving resting ventricular function; exercise performance may remain abnormal even in patients without residual coronary disease.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Cardiology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England
• OSTI ID: 6794978
• Journal Information: Am. Heart J.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Heart J.; (United States) Vol. 104:5 Pt 1; ISSN AHJOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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