Endomyocardial fibrosis of the right ventricle: A case report of successful surgery.
Francesco NegriEnrico FabrisMarco MasèGiancarlo VitrellaChiara MinàMarco TurrisiRosa LiottaGiovanni GentileMichele PilatoGianfranco SinagraFrancesco ClemenzaPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)
Surgical therapy by endocardial decortication seems to be beneficial for many patients with advanced disease who are in functional-therapeutic class III or IV. The operative mortality rate is high, but successful surgery has a clear benefit on symptoms and seems to favourably affect survival as well.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- surgical site infection
- pulmonary hypertension
- cardiovascular events
- pulmonary artery
- stem cells
- heart failure
- cardiovascular disease
- mitral valve
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- bone marrow
- congenital heart disease
- replacement therapy