Miscellaneous Operations for Ischaemic Heart Disease

Explanation

This table documents operations performed largely for the mechanical complications of ischaemic heart disease.

"Excision of an infarct or aneurysm" refers to removal of scar tissue from the wall of the heart, thereby shrinking the heart size.

"Repair of a VSD" means repair of a hole which has developed between the two main pumping chambers of the heart. This operation is usually performed as an emergency on very sick individuals.

Both groups of operation can be performed with or without coronary artery bypass grafts.

OPERATION	Number	Died	%
GRAFTS & OTHER PROCEDURES
-Excision infarct/aneurysm	185	12	6
-Repair VSD	50	21	42
-Aneurysm & VSD	5	0	0
*TOTAL*	240	33	14
PROCEDURES WITHOUT GRAFTS
-Excision infarct/aneurysm	21	4	19
-Repair VSD	96	48	50
-Aneurysm & VSD	4	1	25
*TOTAL*	121	53	44
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS	361	86	24

This year complete data were not received from The Freeman Hospital in Newcastle or St Thomas Hospital in London. Therefore, their data has been excluded from this chart.