Left ventricular support by axial flow pump: The echocardiographic approach to device malfunction

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1422.e7-1422.e13

  Catena, Emanuele ^a,b   Milazzo, Filippo ^a   Montorsi, Emanuela ^a   Bruschi, Giuseppe ^a   Cannata, Aldo ^a   Russo, Claudio ^a   Barosi, Alberto ^a   Tarelli, Giuseppe ^a   Tartara, Paolo ^a   Paino, Roberto ^a   Vitali, Ettore ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUMP; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 29244462314     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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