Long-term follow-up of patients undergoing isolated partial left ventriculectomy

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-408

  Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a,b,c  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Brazil)

^b Fac of Med of S Jose do Rio Preto   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congestive; Heart failure; Partial left ventriculectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPLEGIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; MITRAL VALVE; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PARTIAL LEFT VENTRICULECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043120375     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.4.2005206     Document Type: Article

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