Immediate effects of partial left ventriculectomy on left ventricular function

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 453-462

  Redmann, Klaus ^a,d   Lunkenheimer, Paul P ^a   Dietl, Karl H ^a   Cryer, Colin W ^b   Batista, Randas J V ^c   Anderson, Robert H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Fund do Coracao Vilela Batista   (Brazil)

^d Experimentelle Thorax   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032293563     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01082.x     Document Type: Article

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