Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 312-317 , May 2007

Left Atrial Reverse Remodeling in Dogs With Moderate and Advanced Heart Failure Treated With a Passive Mechanical Containment Device: An Echocardiographic Study

  • Valerio Zacà, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Robert Brewer, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Sanjaya Khanal, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Makoto Imai, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
    • ,
  • Alice Jiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
    • ,
  • Mengjun Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Sidney Goldstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
    • ,
  • Hani N. Sabbah, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hani N. Sabbah, PhD, Director, Cardiovascular Research, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202.

Received 8 September 2006 ,Revised 11 December 2006 ,Accepted 23 January 2007.

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 Supported, in part, by grants from Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc., and by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, PO1-HL074237-04.

PII: S1071-9164(07)00007-3

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.01.006

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 312-317 , May 2007

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