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 201-210 of 234 total displayed.

EDITORIALS
Surgical Treatments for Endstage Heart Failure Due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Kazutomo Minami
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001; 9: 159-166. [Full text] [PDF] ?

EDITORIALS
New heart failure therapy: The shape of things to come?

Daniel Burkhoff
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001; 122: 421-423. [Full text] [PDF] ?

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CPS)
Mechanical circulatory support for the treatment of children with acute fulminant myocarditis

Brian W. Duncan, Desmond J. Bohn, Andrew M. Atz, James W. French, Peter C. Laussen, and David L. Wessel
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001; 122: 440-448. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY (ET)
Device-based change in left ventricular shape: A new concept for the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy

Patrick M. McCarthy, Masami Takagaki, Yoshie Ochiai, James B. Young, Tomotsugu Tabata, Takahiro Shiota, Jian Xin Qin, James D. Thomas, Todd J. Mortier, Richard F. Schroeder, Cyril J. Schweich, Jr, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001; 122: 482-490. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD)
Residual stress produced by ventricular volume reduction surgery has little effect on ventricular function and mechanics: A finite element model study

Julius M. Guccione, Scott M. Moonly, Arthur W. Wallace, and Mark B. Ratcliffe
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001; 122: 592-599. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD)
Regional differences in myocardial work of the left ventricle in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Implications for the surgical technique used for left ventriculoplasty

Roh Yanagida, Motoaki Sugawara, Akihiko Kawai, and Hitoshi Koyanagi
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001; 122: 600-607. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD)
Prevention of allograft heart valve failure in a rat model

Jean-Francois L?gar?, David B. Ross, Thomas B. Issekutz, Wendy Ruigrok, Kimberley Creaser, Greg M. Hirsch, and Timothy D.G. Lee
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001; 122: 310-317. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original articles
A UK trial-based costutility analysis of transmyocardial laser revascularization compared to continued medical therapy for treatment of refractory angina pectoris

H.E. Campbell, S. Tait, M.J. Buxton, L.D. Sharples, N. Caine, P.M. Schofield, and J. Wallwork
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2001; 20: 312-318. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original articles
Left ventriculoplasty for ischemic cardiomyopathy

Hisayoshi Suma, Tadashi Isomura, Taiko Horii, and Kouichi Hisatomi
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2001; 20: 319-323. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

How To Do It
Left ventricular volume reduction without ventriculectomy

R. Unnikrishnan Nair, Simon G. Williams, Kingsley U. Nwafor, Alistair S. Hall, and Lip-Bun Tan
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 71: 2046-2049. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?