Left ventriculoplasty for nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-124

  Horii, Taiko ^a,b   Isomura, Tadashi ^a   Komeda, Masashi ^b   Suma, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a Hayama Heart Center   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037363698     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.02004.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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