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Editorial
. 2017 Apr;10(4):e003971.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.003971.

Pericardiectomy to Treat Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Unrestrained Enthusiasm?

Martin M LeWinter  1
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Editorial

Pericardiectomy to Treat Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Unrestrained Enthusiasm?

Martin M LeWinter. Circ Heart Fail. 2017 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; heart failure, diastolic; hemodynamics; pericardiectomy; pericardium; ventricular function.

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Right and left heart pressure-volume relations before (solid line) and after (dashed line) perciardiectomy in the freshly arrested, open chest canine heart. (Reproduced from Slinker et al, Circulation. 1987;76:357–62).
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