Histopathologic correlates of myocardial improvement in patients supported by a left ventricular assist device

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-145

  Segura, Ana Maria ^a   Frazier, O H ^a   Demirozu, Zumrut ^a   Buja, L Maximilian ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart assist device; Hypertrophy; Myocardium; Myocyte; Remodeling; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEANING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAINING AND LABELING; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955687958     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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