Ischemic dilatative cardiomyopathy and aneurysms of the left ventricular cavity: transplantation vs alternative surgery.
Patients with terminal end-stage heart failure due to severe coronary disease associated with dilatative cardiomyopathy have an annual mortality of 30-50%. Between July 1997 and December 1999, 21 patients at the University Hospital in Frankfurt, and 25 patients from Skopje underwent total circular repair with simultaneous coronary artery bypass.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Frankfurt, Germany.
Cvetanovski
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Hristov
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Petrusevska
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*