Early and late results of left ventricular reconstruction in thin-walled chambers: Is this our patient population?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Buckberg, Gerald D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

22; 23

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT VENTRICLE RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 3042845129     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.009     Document Type: Editorial

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