Thoratec Ventricular Assist Devices in Children with Less Than 1.3 m 2 of Body Surface Area

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 727-730

  Reinhartz, Olaf ^a   Copeland, Jack G ^b   Farrar, David J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; GRAFTS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (VAD);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242509895     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MAT.0000093965.33300.83     Document Type: Article

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