Myocardial viability and survival in ischemic left ventricular dysfunction.

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Published in N Engl J Med on April 04, 2011

Authors

Robert O Bonow1, Gerald Maurer, Kerry L Lee, Thomas A Holly, Philip F Binkley, Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, Jaroslaw Drozdz, Pedro S Farsky, Arthur M Feldman, Torsten Doenst, Robert E Michler, Daniel S Berman, Jose C Nicolau, Patricia A Pellikka, Krzysztof Wrobel, Nasri Alotti, Federico M Asch, Liliana E Favaloro, Lilin She, Eric J Velazquez, Robert H Jones, Julio A Panza, STICH Trial Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 645 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1006, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. r-bonow@northwestern.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Comparison of Surgical and Medical Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease (STICH) | NCT00023595

Sequential Treatment of Extra-Corporeal Shock Wave Combined With aUtologous Bone marRow Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Patients With ischEmic Heart Disease : the S-CURE Study (S-CURE) | NCT03397095

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