Is it worth performing surgical ventricular restoration in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and akinetic but non-aneurysmal segments in the left ventricle?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 702-707

  Subramanian, Hariharan ^a   Kunadian, Babu ^b   Dunning, Joel ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgical procedures; Evidence based medicine; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Surgical ventricular restoration; Ventricular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL AKINESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RESTORATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 49249129335     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.182790     Document Type: Article

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