Successful surgical repair of a giant calcified left ventricular aneurysm: A report of a case

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-354

  Sugimura, Yukiharu ^a   Toyama, Masaaki ^a   Katoh, Masanori ^a   Kotani, Mitsuhisa ^a   Kato, Yuji ^a   Hisamoto, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Calcification; Coronary artery bypass grafts; Left; Myocardial infarction; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84869205672     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01770     Document Type: Article

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