Intractable ventricular tachycardia and bridging to heart transplantation with a non-pulsatile flow assist device in a patient with isolated left-ventricular non-compaction

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-149

  Maile, S ^a   Kunz, M ^a   Oechslin, E ^a,b   Zund, G ^a   Rahn, M ^a   Lachat, M L ^a   Turina, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEBAKEY LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; DEVICE; DEVICE INFECTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERNAL CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISOLATED HEART; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345743461     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00101-3     Document Type: Article

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