Bridge to transplantation with the MicroMed DeBakey ventricular assist device axial pump: A single centre report

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-118

  Bruschi, Giuseppe ^a   Ribera, Elena ^a   Lanfranconi, Marco ^a   Russo, Claudio ^a   Colombo, Tiziano ^a   Garatti, Andrea ^a   Oliva, Fabrizio ^a   Milazzo, Filippo ^a   Frigerio, Maria ^a   Vitali, Ettore ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; THROMBOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

EID: 33646832539     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000203847.52149.87     Document Type: Article

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