Getting to a Man's Heart through His Colon
Samsky MD, DeVore AD, Durkin M, Stout JE, Velazquez EJ, Milano CA. Getting to a Man's Heart through His Colon. Texas Heart Institute Journal 2016, 43: 168-70. PMID: 27127437, PMCID: PMC4845564, DOI: 10.14503/thij-14-4946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular pseudoaneurysmVentricular pseudoaneurysmDor procedureVentricular apexIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialHeart Failure TrialCoronary artery bypassAnterior chest wallLeft ventricular apexLeft ventricular cavityDifficile bacteremiaSTICH trialArtery bypassPulsatile massTransthoracic echocardiogramDacron patchIschemic cardiomyopathySurgical explorationSurgical treatmentFailure TrialHemorrhagic shockPurulent materialThoracotomy siteChest wallPericardial space