Left-ventricular aneurysms: From disease to repair

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-294

  Antunes, Manuel J ^a   Antunes, Pedro E ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cellular cardiomyoplasty; Heart failure; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular aneurysm; Surgical repair

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GEOMETRY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 15844376661     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.3.2.285     Document Type: Review

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