Bridge to recovery with a left ventricular assist device for fulminant acute myocarditis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 284-286

  Ueno, Tetsuya ^a   Bergin, Peter ^a   Richardson, Meroula ^a   Esmore, Donald S ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033950409     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01202-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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