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work_c26ke4uo3jh5rhsjqhdkhsu5oa	O.A. Victal	Left ventricular volume reduction by radiofrequency heating of chronic myocardial infarction in patients with congestive heart failure	2002.0	6	.pdf	application/pdf	5005	384	56	Left Ventricular Volume Reduction by Radiofrequency Heating of Chronic Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure evaluated the effect of RF heating and epicardial patch as an adjunct to coronary artery bypass graft on LV volumes in patients with prior myocardial infarction, evidence of akinetic/dyskinetic scar, and LV ejection fraction �40%. Conclusions—RF heating and patch placement in these 10 patients resulted in acute reduction in infarct area and Key Words: heart failure � myocardial infarction � remodeling � surgery � cardiac volume coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with prior myocardial infarction, evidence of an akinetic/dyskinetic scar, and Intraoperative digital photography of the myocardial infarction scar before and after treatment to measure acute shrinkage photography was performed in the last 5 patients, demonstrating an immediate 39% reduction in scar area (Figure 2A). TEE volumes measured before and after the operative procedure showed commensurate acute reductions in ventricular	./cache/work_c26ke4uo3jh5rhsjqhdkhsu5oa.pdf	./txt/work_c26ke4uo3jh5rhsjqhdkhsu5oa.txt