Left ventricular assist stand-by for high-risk cardiac surgery

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 342-346

  Schmid, C ^a,c   Welp, H ^a   Klotz, S ^a   Trosch F ^a   Schmidt, C ^b   Wilhelm, M J ^a   Scheld, H H ^a  

^a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart failure; High risk surgery; Mechanical support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL RISK;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036902319     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35744     Document Type: Article

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