Beating heart implantation of a wearable NOVACOR left-ventricular assist device

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 62-66

  Scheld, H H ^a,b   Hammel, D ^a   Schmid, Ch ^a   Weyand, M ^a   Deng, M ^a   Möllhoff, Th ^a   Kerber, S ^b  

^a Department for Thoracic ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beating heart implantation; Implantable assist device; Left ventricular assistance; Novacor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029971042     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1011987     Document Type: Article

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