Staged discharge out of hospital of the Novacor left ventricular assist system (LVAS) recipients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Viganó, Mario ^a   Scuri, Silvia ^b   Cobelli, Franco ^c   Opasich, Cristina ^c   Pagani, Francesco M ^a   Minzioni, Gaetano ^a   Martinelli, Luigi ^a   Tavazi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Baxter Novacor Div   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Mechanical circulatory support; Rehabilitation; Wearable Novacor LVAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030757389     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)01190-1     Document Type: Article

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