Improvement of left ventricular function after modified surgical ventricular restoration: Good, better, best

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Cirillo, Marco ^a   Villa, Emmanuel ^a   Troise, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLIAMBULANZA FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHODS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 55849107415     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20081037     Document Type: Article

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