Quality of life and economic outcomes with surgical ventricular reconstruction in ischemic heart failure: Results from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Mark, Daniel B ^a   Knight, J David ^a   Velazquez, Eric J ^a   Howlett, Jonathan G ^b   Spertus, John A ^c   Djokovic, Ljubomir T ^d   Harding, Tina M ^a   Rankin, Gena R ^a   Drew, Laura A ^a   Szygula Jurkiewicz, Bozena ^e   Adlbrecht, Christopher ^f   Anstrom, Kevin J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute   (United States)

^d Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KANSAS CITY CARDIOMYOPATHY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64549163649     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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