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eComment: Increase the surgical options

Benetti Foundation, Alem 1846, Rosario, Argentina

Is it worth performing surgical ventricular restoration in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and akinetic but non-aneurysmal segments in the left ventricle?

It is important to have a clear orientation in these patients with akinetic area [1]. What to do is not easy due to the heterogeneity. The initial surgical stem cells application shows promising results in these patients. I think in any operation of this type (also in future trials) we need to consider the complementary direct surgical injection of stem cells during the intervention.

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1. Subramanian H, Kunadian B, Dunning J. Is it worth performing surgical ventricular restoration in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and akinetic but non-aneurysmal segments in the left ventricle? Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:702–708.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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