Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction—No Benefit On Top Of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting In Patients With Severe Heart Failure

Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction—No Benefit On Top Of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting In Patients With Severe Heart Failure

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1 April 2009

Daniel Mark Peter Goodwin interviews Daniel Mark and Robert Jones from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina about the international STICH Trial with 1 000 patients which randomised patients with se

Daniel Mark


Daniel Mark

Peter Goodwin interviews Daniel Mark and Robert Jones from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina about the international STICH Trial with 1 000 patients which randomised patients with severe heart failure to receive coronary artery by-pass grafting alone or with the addition of surgical ventricular reconstruction.
New ACC President, Alfred Bove from Temple University, Philadelphia, comments on this unusual surgical study.

Robert Jones


Robert Jones

Alfred Bove


Alfred Bove



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