Preserved skeletal muscle structure with modified electrical stimulation protocol in a cardiomyoplasty patient: A clinico-pathological report

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-215

  Lorusso, Roberto ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a   Carraro, Ugo ^b   Schreuder, Jan J ^c   Wellens, Hein J J ^c  

^a Cardiac Surgery Division   (Italy)

^b Pathology Department   (Italy)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiomyoplasty; Muscle viability; Stimulation protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKELETAL MUSCLE VENTRICLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032007766     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00322-9     Document Type: Article

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