Do surgeons have little control over general surgical waiting lists?
This study shows that external factors, particularly available resources, influence the number of patients on a surgical waiting list. The main factors are lack of beds and theatre sessions. Furthermore, an imbalance between them will result in insufficient beds being available to fill those theatre sessions that do exist. Surgeons have little control over their routine waiting lists.
Systolic and diastolic dyssynchrony was highly prevalent in patients with aneurysm, irrespective of QRS duration. Aneurysm plication produces a mechanical intraventricular resynchronization.