Surgical Therapy for Myocardial Infarction and Its Sequelae

Infarctectomy with or without revascularization procedures has been reported for some cases with ventricular tachyarrhythmias or pump failure and cardiogenic shock. As the latter situation is usually associated with a large portion of Myo being destroyed, infarctectomy obviously would be at high risk and the principles underlying such an intervention debatable.