Left ventricular assist system as a bridge to myocardial recovery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 734-741

  Frazier, O H ^a,b   Myers, Timothy J ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXPLANT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032727086     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00801-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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