Real-time adjustment of ventricular restraint therapy in heart failure

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1136-1140

  Ghanta, Ravi K ^a   Lee, Lawrence S ^a   Umakanthan, Ramanan ^a   Laurence, Rita G ^a   Fox, John A ^a   Bolman III, Ralph Morton ^a   Cohn, Lawrence H ^a   Chen, Frederick Y ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Surgery; Ventricular restraint

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SHEEP; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR RESTRAINT THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SHEEP; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 55949106054     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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