Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 3 , Pages 117-120, March 2007

Endoaneurysmorrhaphy and Cryoablation for Postinfarction Left Ventricular Aneurysm with Ventricular Tachycardia

  • Wei-Yuan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shiau-Ting Lai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chun-Che Shih

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chun-Che Shih, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 12 April 2006; accepted 26 October 2006.

Article Outline

Background

Early reperfusion in the acute phase of myocardial infarction and better medical treatment of consequent heart failure and tachyarrythmia have decreased the incidence of massive myocardial infarction, left ventricular (LV) aneurysm and also postinfarction-sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT). However, for a number of patients, surgical ablation combined with aneurysm resection and myocardial revascularization remains a possible curative procedure. In this study, the efficacy of endoaneurysmorrhaphy and cryoablation was evaluated in patients with postinfarction LV aneurysm with VT.

Methods

The medical records of 9 patients who underwent LV endoaneurysmorrhaphy and cryoablation for VT at Taipei Veterans General Hospital between January 1995 and August 2005 were reviewed retrospectively.

Results

There were 8 men and 1 woman, with a mean age of 69.7 years (range, 52-77 years). Preoperative VT and LV aneurysm were found in all patients, who underwent extensive cryoablation at the transitional zone of scar and viable tissue without intraoperative mapping and LV remodeling with prosthetic patch. Associated procedure included coronary artery bypass grafting in 8 patients. During follow-up, no surgical or inhospital mortality were noted. There was 1 late sudden death at home 1.7 months after the operation. No recurrent VT was detected, and all patients showed improvement in New York Heart Association functional class (mean, 2.33 vs. 1.67; p = 0.025) and LV ejection fraction (mean, 26.3% vs. 34.1%; p =0.021).

Conclusion

In patients suffering from postinfarction LV aneurysm complicated with VT, combining cryoablation and endoaneurysmorrhaphy offers good arrhythmia control and clinical outcome.

Key Words:  cryoablation , endoaneurysmorrhaphy , ventricular tachycardia

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70341-7

doi:10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70341-7

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 3 , Pages 117-120, March 2007

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