Long-term anticoagulation with recombinant hirudin in a patient on left ventricular assist device support

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 792-794

  Tandler, René ^a,b   Weyand, M ^a   Schmid, C ^a   Gradaus, R ^a   Schmidt, C ^a   Scheld, H H ^a  

^a Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROSTHETICS;

ANTICOAGULATION; ANTITHROMBOTIC TREATMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; INTRAVENOUS RECOMBINANT HIRUDIN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT; RECOMBINANT HIRUDIN; SALIVARY GLANDS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DANAPAROID; DEXTRAN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; LEPIRUDIN; PHENPROCOUMON; RECOMBINANT HIRUDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0034327376     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200011000-00027     Document Type: Article

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