Device-based left ventricular geometry change for heart failure treatment: Developmental work and current status

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Fukamachi, Kiyotaka ^a   Inoue, Masahiro ^a   Doi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Schenk, Soren ^a   Nemeh, Hassan ^a   Dessoffy, Raymond ^a   Kopcak Jr , Michael W ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0041853728     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8191.18.s2.2.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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