Surgical remodeling in heart failure : alternative to transplantation /

Despite all efforts and success in medical treatment, the incidence of (end-stage) chronic heart failure is increasing. Cardiac transplantation remains the only definite option; however, due to the shortage of donor organs, very few people benefit. Therefore, surgery of end-stage heart failure using...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Brett, W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Darmstadt : Steinkopff, [2000]
Series:Basel Heart Workshop series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The heart failure syndrome: new insights
  • from receptors to molecular biology
  • Ch. 2. End stage heart failure
  • options for medical treatment and beyond
  • Ch. 3. Heart transplantation for cardiomyopathy
  • therapeutic gold standard?
  • Ch. 4. Cardiac assistance from skeletal muscle: achieving a variable and appropriately transformed graft
  • Ch. 5. Cardiomyoplasty in chronic heart failure: the Paris experience
  • Ch. 6. Biomechanical hearts in aorta-descendens position
  • operative procedure and volumetry in adult goats
  • Ch. 7. Geometrical considerations in (reverse) remodeling
  • Ch. 8. Mitral valve repair for surgical remodeling
  • Ch. 9. Reduction ventriculoplasty
  • Ch. 10. Artificial heart: today's facts and future horizons
  • Ch. 11. Apoptosis in heart failure
  • reversible?