The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 89, 310-313, Copyright © 1985 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Partial replacement of the left ventricular free wall with a Dacron graft: a 14 year follow-up
PN Symbas, JF Lutz and SE Vlasis
The 14 year follow-up is presented of a patient in whom the free wall of
the left ventricle was replaced with a Dacron graft subsequent to a
self-inflicted gunshot wound. The excellent surgical results are evidenced
by a benign clinical course and confirmed physiologically by serial
exercise tests and anatomically by repeat angiocardiography.