Treatment of extensive ischemic cardiomyopathy: Quality of life following two different surgical strategies

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 481-487

  Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a,b,c   Romano, GianPaolo ^a,b   De Santo, Luca S ^a,b   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a,b   Amarelli, Cristiano ^a,b   Cafarella, Giuseppe ^a,b   Maiello, Ciro ^a,b   Scardone, Michelangelo ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Quality of life; Ventricular restoration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 14644439814     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.12.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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