title: Scalpels Versus Balloons in Failing Hearts: Case Closed?
authors.affiliation: Second Cardiac Department, Euroclinic Hospital, Athens, Greece richter@otenet.gr.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vlachopoulos
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology