INTRODUCTION
Surgery for exclusion of scars following LAD infarction started during
the ‘40s, but changed over time due to a better knowledge of the
pathophysiology of the disease and to the technical improvements in
cardiopulmonary bypass, oxygenators and myocardial protection.
However, many of the techniques described during the last 70 years were
changed, or even copied, and named differently without giving credit to
the surgeon(s) who conceived the original procedure. This peculiar
aspect of the history of left ventricular surgical reshaping (LVSR) has
never been focused correctly. This is evident in reviews about LVSR
techniques1-3, where similar procedures have different
names, generating confusion.
In this report we want to describe the original techniques described
during the decades, that are at the basis of all the procedures applied
in this field, even if differently named.