Ultrastructural correlates of left ventricular contraction abnormalities in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease: Determinants of reversible segmental asynergy postrevascularization surgery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 846-857

  Flameng, Willem ^a,b,c   Suy, Rafaël ^a,b,c   Schwarz, Franz ^a,b,c   Borgers, Marcel ^a,b,c   Piessens, Jan ^a,b,c   Thone, Fred ^a,b,c   Van Ermen, Hugo ^a,b,c   De Geest, Hilaire ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Cardiology University of Leuven ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

ADULT; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRILS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0019492770     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(81)90035-1     Document Type: Article

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