Comparisons of infection complications between continuous flow and pulsatile flow left ventricular assist devices

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 841-842

  Schulman, Allison R ^a   Martens, Timothy P ^a   Christos, Paul J ^b   Russo, Mark J ^a   Comas, George M ^a   Cheema, Faisal H ^a   Naseem, Tariq M ^a   Wang, Raymond ^a   Idrissi, Katharine A ^a   Bailey, Stephen H ^a   Naka, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEVICE INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847036758     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.083     Document Type: Article

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