Mortality after partial left ventriculectomy in relation to contraindications for heart transplantation

OBJECTIVE:To analyze the impact of the contraindications for heart transplantation in mortality and survival time after partial left ventriculectomy. METHOD: A prospective clinical study of a cohort of 43 patients submitted to partial left ventriculectomy, in whom there were contraindications for he...

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Main Authors: José Dario Frota Filho, Fernando Antônio Lucchese, Marcela Cunha Sales, Roberto Carneiro de Mesquita Lobo, Nicasio Tanaka, Jaime da Mota Correa Junior, Raffael Alencastro Ostermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2003-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382003000100004&tlng=en

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