Heart transplantation in children after mechanical circulatory support: Comparison of heart transplantation with ventricular assist devices and elective heart transplantation

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-497

  Coskun, Oguz ^a   Parsa, A ^a   Weitkemper, H ^a   Blanz, U ^a   Coskun, T ^a   Sandica, E ^a   Tenderich, G ^a   El Banayosy, A ^a   Minami, K ^a   Korfer R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BRIDGING GROUP; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION (HTX); PEDIATRIC PATIENTS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444588178     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000174630.23368.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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