Introduction: Cardiac surgery for heart failure

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 122-124

  Starling, Randall C ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEFIBRILLATION; DONOR; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GENE THERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036091204     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/stcs.2002.32313     Document Type: Editorial

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