Mechanical Cardiac Support in the Young With the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pulsatile Ventricular Assist Device: 15 Years' Experience

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-108

  Hetzer, Roland ^a   Alexi Meskishvili, Vladimir ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Hübler, Michael ^a   Potapov, Evgenij ^a   Drews, Thorsten ^a   Hennig, Ewald ^a   Kaufmann, Friedrich ^a   Stiller, Brigitte ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berlin Heart; cardiomyopathy; children; fulminant myocarditis; infants; pediatrics; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSATILE FLOW;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 33645924064     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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