Levitronix as a Short-term Salvage Treatment for Primary Graft Failure After Heart Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 495-498

  Santise, Gianluca ^a   Petrou, Mario ^a   Pepper, John R ^a   Dreyfus, Gilles ^a   Khaghani, Asghar ^a   Birks, Emma J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SAFETY; SALVAGE THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 33646124494     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.11.458     Document Type: Article

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