Myocardial Rupture: Major Left Ventricular Infarct Rupture Treated by Infarctectomy

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 25, 1977, Pages 2715-2716

  Anagnostopoulos, E ^a   Beutler, Steven ^a   Levett, James M ^a   Lawrence, J Mark ^a   Lin, Chung Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART; HEART INFARCT RESECTION; HEART RUPTURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

AGED; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0017573279     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.238.25.2715     Document Type: Article

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