Reversal of chronic ventricular dilation in patients with end-stage cardiomyopathy by prolonged mechanical unloading

Circulation

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 2717-2720

  Levin, Howard R ^a,b   Oz, Mehmet C ^a   Chen, Jonathan M ^a   Packer, Milton ^a   Rose, Eric A ^a   Burkhoff, Daniel ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac volume; diastole; heart failure; ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029033797     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.91.11.2717     Document Type: Article

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