Recent improvements in outcome with the novacor left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 674-680

  Strauch, Justus T ^a,b   Spielvogel, David ^a   Haldenwang, Peter L ^a   Correa, Rhodora K ^a   DeAsla, Richard A ^a   Seissler, Peter E ^a   Baran, David A ^a   Gass, Alan L ^a   Lansman, Steven L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; DEXTRAN; HEPARIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0038799781     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(02)01182-8     Document Type: Article

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