Off-pump technique for insertion of a HeartMate vented electric left ventricular assist device

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 262-264

  Piacentino III, Valentino ^a,b   Jones, Janice ^a,b   Fisher, Carol A ^a,b   Singhal, Arun K ^a,b   Macha, Mahender ^a,b   McClurken, James B ^a,b   Furukawa, Satoshi ^a,b,c  

^a Temple University Hospital ^*

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Div of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; MILRINONE;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742323388     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00218-6     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Hosenpud JD, Bennett LE, Keck BM, Boucek MM, Novick RJ. The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: eighteenth Official Report-2001. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001;20:805-15.
2. Kasirajan V, McCarthy PM, Hoercher KJ, Starling RC, Young JB, Banbury MK, et al. Clinical experience with long-term use of implantable left ventricular assist devices: indications, implantation, and outcomes. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000;12:229-37.
3. Rose EA, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, Heitjan DF, Stevenson LW, Dembitsky W, et al. long-term use of a left ventricular assist device for end-stage heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2001;345:1435-43.
4. Bedi HS, Suri A, Kalkat MS, Sengar BS, Mahajan V, Chawla R, et al. Global myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass using innovative techniques for myocardial stabilization and perfusion. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000;69:156-64.
5. Hall RI, Smith MS, Rocker G. The systemic inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass: pathophysiological, therapeutic, and pharmacological considerations. Anesth Analg. 1997;805:766-82.
6. Cleveland JC Jr, Shroyer AL, Chen AY, Peterson E, Grover FL. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting decreases risk-adjusted mortality and morbidity. Ann Thorac Surg. 2001;72:1282-8.