Automated implantable cardiac defibrillator and biventricular thoratec assist device as bridge to transplantation in a patient with sarcoidosis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1198-1199

  Ankersmit, H J ^a   Wieselthaler, G A ^a   Moser, B ^a   Taghavi, S ^a   Grimm, M ^a   Roth, G ^a   Gorlitzer, M ^a   Tschernich, H ^a   Horvat, R ^a   Wolner, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CEFUROXIME; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HEPARIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHENPROCOUMON; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035384404     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.113168     Document Type: Article

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