Restoration of contractile function in the enlarged left ventricle by exclusion of remodeled akinetic anterior segment: Surgical strategy, myocardial protection, and angiographic results

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 418-

  Athanasuleas, Constantine L ^b   Stanley Jr , Alfred W H ^b   Buckberg, Gerald D ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Physicians Medical Center Carraway   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032294316     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01077.x     Document Type: Article

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