| German disease management guidelines: surgical therapies for chronic heart failure. | |
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PMID: 20101538 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The German Disease Management Guideline "Chronic Heart Failure" intends to guide physicians working in the field of diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. The guideline provides a tool on the background of evidence based medicine. The following short review wants to give insights into the role of some surgical treatment options to improve heart failure, such as revascularization, ventricular reconstruction and aneurysmectomy, mitral valve reconstruction, ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation. |
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Authors:
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J R Sindermann; S Klotz; K Rahbar; A Hoffmeier; G Drees |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review Date: 2010-01-25 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon Volume: 58 Suppl 2 ISSN: 1439-1902 ISO Abbreviation: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Publication Date: 2010 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-01-26 Completed Date: 2010-05-27 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7903387 Medline TA: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S189-93 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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(c) Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart-New York. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, Muenster, Germany. sinderm@uni-muenster.de |
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Evidence-Based Medicine Female Germany Heart Failure / surgery* Humans Male Practice Guidelines as Topic* Treatment Outcome |
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