Cardiomyoplasty after implantation of a pacemaker and cardioverter/defibrillator

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 954-956

  Chekanov, Valeri S ^a,b   Deshpande, Sanjay ^a   Francischelli, David ^a   Werner, Paul ^a   Waller, Deborah ^a   Schmidt, Donald H ^a  

^a Milwaukee Heart Institute   (United States)

^b Winter Research Bldg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032168497     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00568-2     Document Type: Article

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