Left ventricular reduction operation in ischemic cardiomyopathy: A note of caution

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1154-1156

  Katsumata, Takahiro ^a   Westaby, Stephen ^a  

^a Oxford Heart Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0030697537     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00684-X     Document Type: Article

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