The combined use of extracorporeal life support and the Berlin heart pulsatile pediatric ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplant in a toddler

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-161

  Laliberté, Eric ^a   Cecere, Renzo ^a   Tchervenkov, Christo ^a   Wan, Calvin ^a   Bittira, Bindu ^a   Calaritis, Christos ^a   Béland, Marie ^a   Decell, Mary ^a   Reyes, Teodoro ^a   Shum Tim, Dominique ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart transplantation; Pediatric; Pulsatile; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PEDIATRICS; PULSATILE FLOW; RECIPIENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3142748413     PISSN: 00221058     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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