Fifteen-month circulatory support for sustained ventricular fibrillation by left ventricular assist device

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1190-1192

  Nishimura, Motonobu ^a   Ogiwara, Masanori ^b   Ishikawa, Masayuki ^b   Yatsu, Syogo ^b   Masuoka, Ayumu ^b   Okamura, Nobuyuki ^b   Imanaka, Kazuhito ^b   Kato, Masaaki ^b   Asano, Haruhiko ^b   Kyo, Shunei ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142244757     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00726-8     Document Type: Article

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