Renewal of left ventricular torsion after modified surgical anterior ventricular restoration

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1142-1146

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

^a POLIAMBULANZA FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular torsion; Surgical anterior ventricular restoration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR VENTRICULAR RESTORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR TORSION; PATCH ANGIOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORSION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MECHANICAL TORSION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; ROTATION; TORSION ABNORMALITY; TORSION, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 58149380655     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328309ea84     Document Type: Article

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