Successful bridge to transplant using the Berlin Heart left ventricular assist device in a 3-month-old infant

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1116-1118

  Dunnington Jr , Gansevoort H ^a   Sleasman, Justin ^a   Alkhaldi, Abdulaziz ^a   Pelletier, Marc P ^a   Reitz, Bruce A ^a   Robbins, Robert C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 32644460298     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.045     Document Type: Article

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