Clinical results with an ePTFE inflow conduit for mechanical circulatory support

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1366-1370

  Mussivand, Tofy ^a,i   Hetzer, Roland ^b   Vitali, Ettore ^c   Meyns, Bart ^d   Noirhomme, Philippe ^e   Koerfer, Reiner ^f   El Banayosy, Aly ^f   Wolner, Ernst ^g   Wieselthaler, Georg ^g   Reichart, Bruno ^h   Uberfuhr, Peter ^h   Halfmann, Robert ⁱ   Portner, Peer ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ World Heart Corporation   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19944375451     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.09.029     Document Type: Article

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