Reduced myocardial blood flow during left ventricular assist device support: A possible cause of premature bypass graft closure

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1976-1979

  Xydas, Steve ^a   Rosen, Rebecca S ^a   Pinney, Sean ^a   Hickey, Kathleen T ^a   Wasserman, Hal ^a   Mancini, Donna M ^a   Naka, Yoshifumi ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a   Bergmann, Steven R ^a   Maybaum, Simon ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 27844506165     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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