Home discharge experience with the thoratec TLC-II portable driver

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-135

  Slaughter, Mark S ^a   Sobieski, Michael A ^a   Martin, Michele ^a   Dia, Muhyaldeen ^a   Silver, Marc A ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; RELIABILITY;

AMBULATION; HOME DISCHARGE; SELF CARE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SLEEP; VACUUM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247124781     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e31802c189e     Document Type: Article

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