Evaluating clinical applicability: The STICH trial's findings

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 508-509

  Shroyer, A Laurie W ^a,b   Collins, Joseph F ^c   Grover, Frederick L ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery bypass grafting; ischemic cardiomyopathy; mortality prediction; randomized clinical trial; surgical ventricular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AKINESIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DYSKINESIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL VENTRICULAR RECONSTRUCTION; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77955502533     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.052     Document Type: Editorial

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