Significance of morphological and electrophysiological left ventricular restoration in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 931-932

  Shimamoto, Takeshi ^a   Marui, Akira ^a   Takagi, Tsutomu ^b   Komeda, Masashi ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takagi Cardiology Clinic   (Japan)

^c Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Biventricular pacing; Cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular restoration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CRYOSURGERY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 53349144755     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.179192     Document Type: Article

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