Japanese multicenter clinical evaluation of the HeartMate vented electric left ventricular assist system

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-40

  Omoto, Ryozo ^a   Kyo, Shunei ^a   Nishimura, Motonobu ^a   Matsuda, Hikaru ^b   Matsumiya, Goro ^b   Kitamura, Soichiro ^c   Nakatani, Takeshi ^c   Takamoto, Shinichi ^d   Ono, Minoru ^d   Tabayashi, Koichi ^e   Yozu, Ryohei ^f  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridge to transplantation; End stage heart failure; Implantable left ventricular assist system; Multicenter clinical study; Patient discharge program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21244462396     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-004-0281-9     Document Type: Article

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