Surgical Ventricular Restoration for Advanced Congestive Heart Failure: Should Pulmonary Hypertension Be a Contraindication?

Surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) is an established therapy for congestive heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy. Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) has been considered a contraindication for SVR owing to a presumed increase in operative risk. However, outcomes in these patients and the impac...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2006-09, Vol.82 (3), p.879-888
Hauptverfasser:	Patel, Nishant D., Williams, Jason A., Nwakanma, Lois U., Waldron, Michele M., Bluemke, David A., Conte, John V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Cardiac Surgical Procedures Comorbidity Contraindications Coronary Artery Bypass - statistics & numerical data Female Heart Failure - complications Heart Failure - surgery Heart Ventricles - surgery Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - complications Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Male Middle Aged Mitral Valve Insufficiency - complications Mitral Valve Insufficiency - surgery Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Proportional Hazards Models Retrospective Studies Risk Stroke Volume Treatment Outcome
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