Replacement of an intracorporeal left ventricular assist device

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 839-841

  Skinner, Jonathan L ^a   Bourge, Robert C ^a   Kirklin, James K ^a   McGiffin, David C ^a   Holman, William L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUNTERPULSATION; HEART GRAFT; HEART INDEX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030756594     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00681-4     Document Type: Article

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