Mechanisms and results of transmyocardial laser revascularization

Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Horvath, Keith A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Reversible ischemia; Transmyocardial laser revascularization

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542405287     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075984     Document Type: Review

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