Short-term bridge to heart transplant using the BVS 5000 external ventricular assist device

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 646-651

  Tsai, Feng Chun ^a   Marelli, Daniel ^a   Laks, Hillel ^a   Moriguchi, Jaime ^a   Sopher, Michael ^a   Bresson, Jessica ^a   Moghaddam, Saleh ^a   Kubak, Barnard ^a   Esmailian, Fardad ^a   Ardehali, Abbas ^a   Plunkett, Mark ^a   Litwin, Paul ^a   Kobashigawa, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assist device; BVS 5000; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0036705548     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20710.x     Document Type: Article

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