First human implantation of a new rotary blood pump: Design of the clinical feasibility study

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 368-376

  Pitsis, Antonios A ^a   Visouli, Aikaterini N ^a   Vassilikos, Vassilis ^b   Ninios, Vlasis N ^a   Sfirakis, Petros D ^c   Mezilis, Nikolaos E ^a   Dardas, Petros S ^a   Filippatos, Gerasimos S ^d   Bougioukas, Georgios I ^e   Kremastinos, Dimitrios T ^d   Long, James W ^f  

^a St Luke's Hospital   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^f LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge to recovery; Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure surgery; Left ventricular assist device (LVAD); Levacor; WorldHeart rotary pump

Indexed keywords

ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PACEMAKER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34247137544     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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