One-year results after implantation of the CorCap for dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1356-1362

  Speziale, Giuseppe ^a   Nasso, Giuseppe ^a   Piancone, Felice ^a   Generali, Katerina ^a   Paterno, Carlo ^e   Miccoli, Annabella ^a   Fiore, Flavio ^a   Del Prete, Armando ^c   Del Prete, Giuseppe ^c   Lopriore, Vincenzo ^b   Spirito, Francesco ^f   Caldarola, Pasquale ^d   Paparella, Domenico ^g   Massari, Francesco ^h   Tavazzi, Luigi ^f  

^a ANTHEA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Potenza   (Italy)

^d San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^e GVM Care and Research   (Italy)

^f Research Ettore Sansavini Health Science Foundation   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h Altamura Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79955389386     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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