Spherical dilatation of the apex in failing left ventricles: A target for surgical remodelling techniques

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-552

  Monsefi, N ^a   Zierer, A ^a   Bakhtiary, F ^a   Vogl, T H ^a   Ackermann, H ^a   Kleine, P ^a   Moritz, A ^a   Dzemali, O ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Heart failure; Heart ventricles; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84867303877     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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