Title: Importance of Shape and Surgically Reshaping the Left Ventricle in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Abstract: During the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando, FL, in November 2003, a discussion on surgically reshaping the left ventricle in ischemic cardiomyopathy was held. Marisa Di Donato, MD, of the Istituto Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy; Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD, of Midwest Heart Associates, Chicago, IL; John Conte, MD, of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; and Steven Boyce, MD, of the Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, participated in the roundtable discussion moderated by John Strobeck, MD, PhD, Co‐Editor in Chief of Congestive Heart Failure and Chief of Cardiology for The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ. (A list of suggested reading is provided at the end of the discussion.)