The implications for cardiac recovery of left ventricular assist device support on myocardial collagen content

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 498-502

  Bruckner, Brian A ^a,b   Stetson, Sonny J ^a   Farmer, John A ^a   Radovancevic, Branislav ^a   Frazier, O H ^a   Noon, George P ^a   Entman, Mark L ^a   Torre Amione, Guillermo ^a   Youker, Keith A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Scurlock Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0034467495     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00553-5     Document Type: Article

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