Flight experience with the novacor LVAS

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 266-271

  Pristas, John M ^a   Lee, James ^a   Wheeldon, Dereck R ^a   Portner, Peer M ^a  

^a World Heart Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

MOCK CIRCULATORY LOOPS;

CARDIOLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; AVIATION; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; RECIPIENT;

EID: 0035003113     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200105000-00022     Document Type: Article

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