Ambulatory care of patients with left ventricular assist devices

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 19 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Schmid, Christof ^a   Hammel, Dieter ^a   Deng, Mario C ^a   Weyand, Michael ^a   Baba, Hideo ^b   Tjan, Tonny D T ^a   Drees, Gabriele ^a   Roeder, Norbert ^a   Schmidt, Christoph ^c   Scheld, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0345201790     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.100.suppl_2.ii-224     Document Type: Article

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