Transmyocardial laser therapy: A strategic approach

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 125-136

  Samuels, Louis ^a   Emery, Robert ^b   Lattouf, Omar ^c   Grosso, Michael ^d   AlZeerah, Masoud ^e   Schuch, Douglas ^f   Wehberg, Kurt ^g   Muehrcke, Derek ^h   Dowling, Robert ⁱ  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cardiac Surgical Associates Florida   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Via Christi Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^e NW Texas Healthcare System ^*  (United States)

^f Sutter Medical Center   (United States)

^g Peninsula Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^h Flagler Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITRATE; THALLIUM 201;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STERNOTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3142673795     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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