Heart reduction surgery can reconstitute the residual stress-strain state of the left ventricle [4]

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1084-1086

  Kresh, J Y ^a   Wechsler, A S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STRESS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0031727848     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70070-4     Document Type: Letter

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