Weaning from mechanical support in a patient with acute heart failure and multiple sclerosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 628-630

  Kjellman, Ulf W ^a   Hallgren, Per ^a   Bergh, Claes Håkan ^a   Lycke, Jan ^a   Oldfors, Anders ^a   Wiklund, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 0034006396     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01347-8     Document Type: Article

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