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Effects of partial left ventriculectomy on left ventricular performance in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Zoran Popovi, MD^a, Milutin Miri, MD, PhD^a, Sinia Gradinac, MD^a, Aleksandar N. Nekovi, MD^a, Ljiljana Jovovi, MD, PhD^a, Ljiljana Vuk, MD^a, Milovan Boji, MD, PhD^a and Aleksandar D. Popovi, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC^a

^a Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute and Belgrade University Medical School, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Relationship between LV volume indexes obtained by single-plane ventriculography (LVCG) and biplane two-dimensional echocardiography (ECHO).

View larger version (78K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 LV end-systolic frames of a patient before (A) and after PLV (B). Note the change in LV volume and shape.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Relationship between LV circumferential end-systolic stress (ESScirc) and LVEF before (closed circles) and after PLV (open triangles). The normal limits (±2 SEE, long dashes) for the control patients are shown for this relation. The figure shows that PLV shifts LVEF-end systolic relations in a parallel to control data.

View larger version (10K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Relationship between LVSWI and end-diastolic stress before and after PLV. Although there was no improvement in LVSWI, it was performed at significantly lower preload (p = 0.0014), compared to the values before PLV.