Ventricular assist device in children with terminal heart failure caused by dilatative cardiomyopathy;Kunstherzeinsatz im terminalstadium der dilatativen kardiomyopathie im kindesalter

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1039-1045

  Stiller, B ^a   Dahnert I ^a   Berger, F ^a   Weng, Y ^a   Loebe, M ^a   Alexi Meskhishvili, V ^a   Hetzer, R ^a   Lange, P E ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Congestive heart failure; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Mechanical heart support; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; SILICON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD REGURGITATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANNULA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033661902     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920070157     Document Type: Article

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