The DuraHeart VAD, a magnetically levitated centrifugal pump - The University of Vienna bridge-to-transplant experience

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1421-1425

  Nishinaka, Tomohiro ^a   Schima, Heinrich ^a   Roethy, Wilfried ^a   Rajek, Angela ^a   Nojiri, Chisato ^b   Wolner, Ernest ^a   Wieselthaler, Georg M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Terumo Heart Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous flow; DuraHeart; Heart assist device; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PANNUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CENTRIFUGATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750566081     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1421     Document Type: Article

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