Functional comparison of transmyocardial revascularization by mechanical and laser means

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1997-2002

  Horvath, Keith A ^a   Belkind, Noam ^b   Wu, Irene ^b   Greene, Rodney ^b   Doukas, John ^b   Lomasney, Jon W ^b   McPherson, David D ^b   Fullerton, David A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Selective Genetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXCIMER LASER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STRESS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROSURGERY; HEART VENTRICLES; LASER SURGERY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SWINE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0035665731     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03243-X     Document Type: Article

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