Coronary bypass in left heart failure

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-132

  Elefteriades, John ^a   Edwards, Randy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery disease; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REVASCULARIZATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036091147     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/stcs.2002.32321     Document Type: Article

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