Preclinical testing of the Levitronix UltraMag pediatric cardiac assist device in a lamb model

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 392-396

  Tuzun, Egemen ^a   Harms, Kelly ^a   Liu, Dong ^a   Dasse, Kurt A ^b   Conger, Jeff L ^a   Richardson, J Scott ^b   Fleischli, Andreas ^b   Frazier, O H ^a,c   Radovancevic, Branislav ^a  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Levitronix LLC   (United States)

^c MC 3 147 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ENZYMES; SURGERY;

HEMOCOMPATIBILITY; HEMOLYTIC REACTIONS; PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEMS; RENAL FUNCTIONS;

PEDIATRICS;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFAZOLIN; CREATINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; EVALUATION; EXPLANT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAMB; NONHUMAN; THROMBUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLATELET COUNT; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SHEEP; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34249021013     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3180340974     Document Type: Article

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