Implantable left ventricular assist devices can successfully bridge adolescent patients to transplant

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-126

  Helman, David N ^a   Addonizio, Linda J ^a   Morales, David L S ^a   Catanese, Kathy A ^a   Flannery, Margaret A ^a   Quagebeur, Jan M ^a   Edwards, Niloo M ^a   Galantowicz, Mark E ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033977053     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(99)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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