MEDOS HIA-VAD biventricular assist device for bridge to recovery in fulminant myocarditis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1145-1146

  Martin, Juergen ^a,c   Sarai, Koppany ^a   Schindler, Michael ^a   Van De Loo, Andreas ^a   Yoshitake, Michio ^a,b   Beyersdorf, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 0030997944     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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