Management of recurrent ventricular tachycardia with ventricular assist device placement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 571-573

  Kulick, David M ^a   Bolman III, R Morton ^a   Salerno, Christopher T ^a   Bank, Alan J ^a   Park, Soon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031660797     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00512-8     Document Type: Article

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