Surgical ventricular restoration: Reshaping the adversely remodeled left ventricle

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-98

  McConnell, Patrick I ^a   Michler, Robert E ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Left ventricular dysfunction; Ventricular remodeling; Ventricular restoration

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL LEFT VENTRICULECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL VENTRICLE RESTORATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 1842453094     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200403000-00004     Document Type: Review

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