Clinical evaluation of the HeartPak: A new pneumatic portable driver for use with the heartmate Implantable Pneumatic Left Ventricular Assist System

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Tamez, Daniel ^a   Myers, Timothy J ^a   Inman, Rex W ^a   Miller, Kathy A ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

HEARTPAK PORTABLE PNEUMATIC DRIVER; IMPLANTABLE PNEUMATIC LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031239410     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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