The 'Berlin Heart' assist device

Perfusion

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-396

  Drews, Thorsen ^a   Loebe, Matthias ^a   Hennig, Ewald ^a   Kaufmann, Friedrich ^a   Müller, Johannes ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD PUMP; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 0033938072     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026765910001500417     Document Type: Article

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