Improved survival in patients with acute myocarditis using external pulsatile mechanical ventricular assistance

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-357

  Chen, Jonathan M ^a   Spanier, Talia B ^a   Gonzalez, John J ^a   Marelli, Daniel ^b   Flannery, Margaret A ^a   Tector, Kelly A ^a   Cullinane, Suzanne ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032949373     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(98)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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