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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1287
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Hans Joachim Geissler, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str 55, Freiburg, 79106 Germany

(Email: joachim.geissler@uniklinik-freiburg.de).

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Surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) was introduced in the 1960s and has been part of the cardiac surgeon’s armamentarium ever since [1, 2]. Several reports have demonstrated the beneficial effects of this procedure on outcome and cardiac function, which have usually been attributed to restored ventricular geometry and normalized ventricular volume [3, 4]. However, a controversy remains . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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