Six years of continuous mechanical circulatory support [16]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-327

  Westaby, Stephen ^a   Frazier, O H ^b   Banning, Adrian ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TITANIUM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD PUMP; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CATHETER; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LETTER; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 33746058248     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc060715     Document Type: Letter

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