Implantation of MicroMed DeBakey VAD through left thoracotomy after previous median sternotomy operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 347-350

  Hetzer, Roland ^a   Potapov, Evgenij V ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Sinawski, Henryk ^a   Knollmann, Friedrich ^a   Komoda, Takeshi ^a   Hennig, Ewald ^a   Pasic, Miralem ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 1642564171     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01003-8     Document Type: Article

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