Prolonged ischemic heart disease and coronary artery bypass - Relation to contractile reserve

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 417-423

  Kofoed, Klaus F ^a   Bangsgaard, Regitze ^a   Carstensen, Steen ^a   Svendsen, Jesper H ^a   Hansen, Peter R ^a   Arendrup, Henrik ^a   Hesse, Birger ^a   Kelbak, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass surgery; Left ventricular dysfunction; Myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036124691     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01138-1     Document Type: Article

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