Surgical ventricular reconstruction for heart failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1781-1784

  Eisen, Howard J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RECONSTRUCTION;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 66049085667     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0901815     Document Type: Editorial

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