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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:1210-1211
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator after left ventricular reconstruction?

Ulrik Sartipy, MD, Anders Albåge, MD, PhD, Dan Lindblom, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden

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   Introduction
 
To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by O'Neill and coworkers, 1 Go which addresses an important question: Is implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation indicated after left ventricular reconstruction (LVR)?

The authors present their large experience of LVR as a nontransplant surgical strategy for patients with heart failure, with a focus on postoperative malignant arrhythmias. Primary end points were all-cause mortality and appropriate ICD therapies, and median follow-up was 381 days. In addition to the LVR, a small proportion of patients (13%) received a specific antiarrhythmic surgical procedure consisting of cryoablation, about half (46%) underwent a mitral valve procedure, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Mina K. Chung and James O. O'Neill
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006 131: 1211. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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