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Improved Wall Motion of Late Gadolinium-Enhanced Myocardium After Complete Surgical Revascularization

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975%2815%2900060-0/abstract

Author(s)

Se Jin Oh, Eun-Ah Park, Whal Lee, Ho Young Hwang, Ki-Bong Kim

Patients with LV dysfunction who underwent complete surgical revascularization were evaluated with angiograms, echo, and MR (evaluating late vascular enhancement with contrast). About 70% of dysfunctional segments segments demonstrated improved wall motion after revascularization, and this was unrelated to the degree of late vascular enhancement evident preoperatively.