Sequential use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the Berlin heart left ventricular assist device for 106-day bridge to transplant in a two-year-old child

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 668-669

  Van Doorn, Carin ^a,b   Karimova, Ann ^a   Burch, Mike ^a   Goldman, Allan ^a  

^a Cardiothoracic Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiac Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CARDIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANES; LEFT VENTRICAL ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD);

OXIDATION;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 26444452701     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000174624.36385.94     Document Type: Conference Paper

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