Surgical Options for the Treatment of Heart Failure

Despite the significant decline in heart disease mortaht>' rates over the last 25 years, heart failure has remained a significant problem. We are now confronted with large numbers of terminally ill patients for whom conventional therapies for heart failure have been exhausted and for whom re...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Masters, Roy G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1999.
Σειρά:Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 225
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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  • Coronary artery bypass for advanced left ventricular dysfunction
  • Valve surgery for regurgitant lesions of the aortic or mitral valves in advanced left ventricular dysfunction
  • Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair for the Management of Left Ventricular Dysfunction
  • Selection and Management of the Potential Candidate for Cardiac Transplantation
  • The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Fifteenth Official Report—1998
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty
  • Partial Left Ventriculectomy
  • Xenotransplantation
  • Permanent Mechanical Circulatory Support.