Partial left ventriculectomy for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Early results and six-month follow-up

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1963-1968

  Gradinac, Siniš A ^a,b   Mirić, Milutin ^a   Popović, Zoran ^a   Popović, Aleksandar D ^a   Neš ković, Aleksandar N ^a   Jovović, Ljiljana ^a   Vuk, Ljiljana ^a   Bojić, Milovan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032459491     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00888-1     Document Type: Article

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