Rewind the heart: A novel technique to reset heart fibers' orientation in surgery for ischemic cardiomyopathy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 848-854

  Cirillo, Marco ^a   Arpesella, Giorgio ^b  

^a Poliambulanza Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGERY; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 39849086659     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.07.047     Document Type: Article

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