Cardiac recovery in dilated cardiomyopathy by unloading with a left ventricular assist device

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 742-749

  Hetzer, Roland ^a,b   Müller, Johannes ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Wallukat, Gerd ^a   Spiegelsberger, Susanne ^a   Loebe, Matthias ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC VOLUME; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIASTOLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0344994536     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00542-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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