Left ventricular splints and wraps for end-stage heart failure: a new approach in the new millennium

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 82-86

  Hoercher, Katherine J ^a   Vacha, Catherine L ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Devices; Heart failure; Therapies

Indexed keywords

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPLINT;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; SPLINTS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0036551351     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200204000-00010     Document Type: Article

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