Is it worth performing surgical ventricular restoration in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and akinetic but non-aneurysmal segments in the left ventricle?
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Report By: Hariharan Subramanian, Babu Kunadian, and Joel Dunning - Registrars in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Institution: Cardiology Department, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA and James Cook University Hospital UK
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Date Submitted: 26th August 2009
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Last Modified: 26th August 2009
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Status:
Red (incomplete)
Three Part Question
In patients with [ischemic cardiomyopathy] is it worth performing [surgical ventricular restoration] to improve [Survival and Symptoms].
