Congestive Heart Failure

Contributing journals to this CTSNet collection:
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals, and Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Items 171-180 of 234 total displayed.

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Initial experience with a stentless porcine bioprosthesis for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in children

Luca A. Vricella, Michael A. Coady, and Michael D. Black
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003; 125: 727-728. [Full text] [PDF] ?

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CSP)
Long-term improvement of cardiac function in rats after infarction by transplantation of embryonic stem cells

Jiang-Yong Min, Yinke Yang, Matthew F. Sullivan, Qingen Ke, Kimber L. Converso, Yu Chen, James P. Morgan, and Yong-Fu Xiao
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003; 125: 361-369. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY (ET)
Left ventricular reshaping: Effects on the pressure-volume relationship

Abul Kashem, Sarmina Hassan, Deborah L. Crabbe, David B. Melvin, and William P. Santamore
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003; 125: 391-399. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY (ET)
New approach for complete endocardiectomy in left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis

Raja Joshi, Smartin Abraham, and Arkalgud Sampath Kumar
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003; 125: 40-42. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original articles
Maintained benefits and improved survival of dynamic cardiomyoplasty by activityrest stimulation: 5-year results of the Italian trial on demand dynamic cardiomyoplasty

Gianluca Rigatelli, Mario Barbiero, Giorgio Rigatelli, Roberto Riccardi, Franco Cobelli, Angelo Cotogni, Attilio Bandello, and Ugo Carraro
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2003; 23: 81-85. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

EDITORIALS
Adverse events in the use of HeartMate vented electric and Novacor left ventricular assist devices: Comparing apples and oranges

Michael K. Pasque and Joseph G. Rogers
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2002; 124: 1063-1067. [Full text] [PDF] ?

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION (TX)
Heterotopic transplantation as a model to study functional recovery of unloaded failing hearts

Hendrik T. Tevaearai, G. Brant Walton, Andrea D. Eckhart, Janelle R. Keys, and Walter J. Koch
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2002; 124: 1149-1156. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD)
Ventricular remodeling and mitral valve modifications in dilated cardiomyopathy: New insights from anatomic study

Alexandre Ciappina Hueb, Fabio Biscegli Jatene, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Pablo Maria Pomerantzeff, Elias Kall?s, and S?rgio Almeida de Oliveira
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2002; 124: 1216-1224. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original articles
The effects of mitral annuloplasty rings on mitral valve complex 3-D geometry during acute left ventricular ischemia

David T. Lai, Tomasz A. Timek, Frederick A. Tibayan, G. Randall Green, George T. Daughters, David Liang, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2002; 22: 808-816. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

BASIC SCIENCE REVIEWS (BSR)
Basic science review: The helix and the heart

Gerald D. Buckberg
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2002; 124: 863-883. [Full text] [PDF] ?