Imaging of left ventricular assist devices

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-40

  Jain, Vineet R ^a   White, Charles S ^a,c   Pierson III, Richard N ^a   Griffith, Bartley P ^a   Sorensen, Erik N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Device; Imaging; Transplant; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CANNULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BRAIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14644400381     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000146623.32209.36     Document Type: Review

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