The PARACHUTE IV trial design and rationale: Percutaneous ventricular restoration using the parachute device in patients with ischemic heart failure and dilated left ventricles

American Heart Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 531-536

  Costa, Marco A ^a   Pencina, Michael ^b   Nikolic, Serjan ^c   Engels, Thomas ^c   Templin, Barry ^c   Abraham, William T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CardioKinetix Inc   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; MORTALITY; PARACHUTE DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THERAPY EFFECT;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84875460813     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.12.022     Document Type: Article

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