Use of an arteriovenous fistula to make a small patient "appear larger" to her LVAD

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 150-151

  Lick, Scott ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MILRINONE;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART WORK; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INFUSION; INOTROPISM; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347635265     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00029-9     Document Type: Letter

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