Perioperative and long-term results with mapping-guided subendocardial resection and left ventricular endoaneurysmorrhaphy

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1041-1048

  Rastegar, Hassan ^a   Link, Mark S ^a   Foote, Caroline B ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a   Manolis, Antonis S ^a   Mark Estes III, N A ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; aneurysm; mapping; surgery; tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBENDOTHELIUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029835544     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.5.1041     Document Type: Article

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