Surgical Therapy

1. Outcomes following surgical ventricular restoration for patients with clinically advanced congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class IV).

Author
Williams JA; Weiss ES; Patel ND; Nwakanma LU; Conte JV;
Institution
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Journal
J Card Fail. 2007 Aug;13(6):431-6.
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2. Atrial septostomy in treatment of end-stage right heart failure in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Author
Kurzyna M; Dabrowski M; Bielecki D; Fijalkowska A; Pruszczyk P; Opolski G; Burakowski J; Florczyk M; Tomkowski WZ; Wawrzynska L; Szturmowicz M; Torbicki A;
Institution
Department of Chest Medicine, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Plocka 26, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland. m.kurzyna@igichp.edu.pl
Journal
Chest. 2007 Apr;131(4):977-83.
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3. Improved health-related quality of life and functional status after surgical ventricular restoration.

Author
Sartipy U; Albage A; Lindblom D;
Institution
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. ulrik.sartipy@karolinska.se
Journal
Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Apr;83(4):1381-7.
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4. Surgical management of congestive heart failure: translational research to clinical application--the future is bright!

Author
Chedrawy EG; Prasad SM; Massad MG;
Institution
Journal
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2008 Apr;6(4):439-42.

5. A perspective on the surgical management of congestive heart failure.

Author
Massad MG; Prasad SM; Chedrawy EG; Lele H;
Institution
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 840 S. Wood St., CSB Suite 417 (MC 958), Chicago, IL 60612, USA. mmassad@uic.edu
Journal
World J Surg. 2008 Mar;32(3):375-80.
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