Intercontinental LVAS patient transport

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1818-1820

  Haddad, Michel ^a   Masters, Roy G ^a,c   Hendry, Paul J ^a   Kawai, Akihiko ^d   Veinot, John P ^b   Lavallee, Gilbert ^c   Mussivand, Tofy V ^c  

^a Division of Cardiac Surgery   (Canada)

^b Departments of Pathology   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 19644390033     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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