Intraabdominal placement of a Novacor ventricular assist system by using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene pouch

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1851-1853

  Matsumiya, Goro ^a   Miyamoto, Yuji ^a   Fukushima, Norihide ^a   Monta, Osamu ^a   Sawa, Yoshiki ^a   Matsuda, Hikaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

27

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLEEDING; DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERA;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; DIAPHRAGM; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PERITONEUM; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 1942500875     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.016     Document Type: Article

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