LIFEBRIDGE: A portable, modular, rapidly available "Plug-and- Play" mechanical circulatory support system

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1887-1892

  Mehlhorn, Uwe ^a   Brieske, Michael ^b   Fischer, Uwe M ^b   Ferrari, Markus ^b   Brass, Patrick ^b   Fischer, Juergen H ^b   Zerkowski, Hans R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CANNULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; SWINE;

EID: 26844544776     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.040     Document Type: Article

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