Myocardial Recovery After LVAD Implantation: A Vision or Simply an Illusion?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Jul 18;70(3):355-357. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.06.001.

Authors

Nir Uriel¹, Gene Kim², Daniel Burkhoff³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: nuriel@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
² Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Columbia University Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York.

PMID: 28705317
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.06.001

No abstract available

Keywords: collagen; left ventricular assist device; myocardial biology; remodeling; translational studies.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Heart Failure*
Humans
Illusions*
Myocardium