Does Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Technology Have a Positive Impact on Outcome Pretransplant and Posttransplant?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1774-1778

  Klotz, Stefan ^a   Stypmann, Joerg ^a   Welp, Henryk ^a   Schmid, Christof ^a   Drees, Gabriele ^a   Rukosujew, Andreas ^a   Scheld, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750077594     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.079     Document Type: Article

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