Placement of the Impella Recover LD microaxial blood pump through a bioprosthesis is technically feasible

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 989-990

  Garatti, Andrea ^a   Colombo, Tiziano ^a   Vitali, Ettore ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA BALLOON; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD PUMP; CARDIOMYOPATHY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

BIOPROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 33748760363     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.066     Document Type: Letter

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