The bad ventricle - Revascularization versus transplantation

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Tjan, T D T ^a   Kondruweit, M ^a   Scheld, H H ^a   Roeder, N ^a   Borggrefe, M ^a   Schmidt, C ^a   Schober, O ^a   Deng, Mario C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bypass surgery; Differential indication; Heart transplantation; Indications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034019919     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8888     Document Type: Article

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