Treatment of right heart failure with a new microaxial blood pump

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 418-421

  Christiansen, Stefan ^a   Dohmen, Guido ^a   Autschbach, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HEPARIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 33749646122     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230601400515     Document Type: Article

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