Anatomic fitting studies of a total artificial heart in heart transplant recipients: Critical dimensions and prediction of fit

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Fukamachi, Kiyotaka ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Vargo, Rita ^a   Massiello, Alex L ^a   Chen, Ji Feng ^a   Byerman, Bryan P ^a   Kunitomo, Ryuji ^a   Matsuyoshi, Tetsuji ^a   Okazaki, Yukio ^a   Kiraly, Raymond J ^a   Butler, Kenneth C ^b   Harasaki, Hiroaki ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Nimbus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); X RAYS;

ANATOMIC FIT; CHEST X RAY MEASUREMENT; INTRATHORACIC DIMENSIONS; MITRAL VALVE; PERICARDIAL SPACE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTIFICIAL HEART; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PERICARDIUM; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 10244222262     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199609000-00006     Document Type: Review

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