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Left ventricular aneurysm repair without ventriculotomy

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We describe a simple technique for left ventricular aneurysm without ventriculotomy. After confirming there is no thrombus in the left ventricular aneurysm, the aneurysm is pushed into the left ventricle and fixed with horizontal mattress sutures and running vertical sutures. This technique has quite low risk of bleeding.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan

    Hiroyuki Tsukui, Nobuhiro Umehara & Kenji Yamazaki

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Correspondence to Hiroyuki Tsukui.

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Tsukui, H., Umehara, N. & Yamazaki, K. Left ventricular aneurysm repair without ventriculotomy. Heart Vessels 28, 401–403 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-012-0269-y

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