Surgical Remodeling in Heart Failure Alternative to Transplantation

Surgical Remodeling in Heart Failure Alternative to Transplantation / edited by W. Brett, A. Todorov, M. Pfisterer, H.-R. Zerkowski.

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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Brett, W. (Editor), Todorov, A. (Editor), Pfisterer, M. (Editor), Zerkowski, H.-R (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Steinkopff : Imprint: Steinkopff, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. 2000.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Cardiac surgery.
Cardiology.
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Table of Contents:
  • The heart failure syndrome: new insights — from receptors
  • to molecular biology
  • End stage heart failure — options for medical treatment and beyond.
  • Heart transplantation for cardiomyopathy — therapeutic gold standard?
  • Cardiac assistance from skeletal muscle: achieving a variable and appropriately transformed graft
  • Cardiomyoplasty in chronic heart failure: the Paris Experience
  • Biomechanical hearts in aorta-descendens position — operative procedure and volumetry in adult goats
  • Geometrical considerations in (reverse) remodeling
  • Mitral valve repair for surgical remodeling
  • Reduction ventriculoplasty
  • Artificial heart: today’s facts and future horizons
  • Apoptosis in heart failure — reversible?.

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