Right ventricular assist device thrombosis during biventricular heart assistance

Perfusion

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 365-367

  Decoene, Christophe ^a   Fayad, Georges ^a   Al Ruzzeh, Sharif ^b   Modine, Thomas ^a   Crepin, Francis ^a   Pol, Annie ^a   Warembourg, Henri ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOBUTAMINE; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; PROCALCITONIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 10444269339     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0267659104pf764oa     Document Type: Article

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