Successful biventricular assistance after heart transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 720-721

  Arribas, Jose M ^a,b   Pascual, Domingo A ^a   Gutiérrez, Francisco ^a   Ray, Víctor ^a   García Puente, Julio ^a   Valdés, Mariano ^a   Arcas, Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIVENTRICULAR PNEUMATIC ASSISTANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0442292359     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.05.002     Document Type: Article

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