Autopsy Findings in early and late postoperative death after partial left ventriculectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 769-773

  Cury, Patricia M ^a   Higuchi, Maria de Lourdes ^a   Gutierrez, Paulo S ^a   Moreira, Luiz Felipe P ^a   Bocchi, Edimar A ^a   Stolf, Noedir A G ^a   Jatene, Adib D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034108755     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01365-X     Document Type: Article

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