Does CABG improve left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, and does it matter?

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-90

  Tawakol, A ^a   Gewirtz, H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035135423     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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