Replacement of a Malfunctioning HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device in a 14-year-old After a Sudden Fall

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 862-864

  La Francesca, Saverio ^a   Smith, Ron ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Kar, Biswajit ^a   Myers, Timothy J ^a   Price, Jack ^b   Kennedy, Damon ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMERGENCY; FALLING; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETREATMENT;

EID: 33745496803     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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