Thoratec ventricular assist devices in pediatric patients: Update on clinical results

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 501-503

  Reinhartz, Olaf ^a   Hill, J Donald ^b   Al Khaldi, Abdulaziz ^a   Pelletier, Marc P ^a   Robbins, Robert C ^a   Farrar, David J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEART DISEASE; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; SURFACE AREA; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD);

PEDIATRICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEANING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BODY SURFACE AREA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444438171     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000178214.95010.c0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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