Extended support with permanent systems: Percutaneous versus totally implantable

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 403-406

  Pennington, D Glenn ^a,b  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0030045153     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01050-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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