Regional differences in myocardial work of the left ventricle in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Implications for the surgical technique used for left ventriculoplasty

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 600-607

  Yanagida, Roh ^a,b   Sugawara, Motoaki ^a   Kawai, Akihiko ^a   Koyanagi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART WORK; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034842377     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.115420     Document Type: Article

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