Results of a multicenter clinical trial with the Thoratec Implantable Ventricular Assist Device**Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, Calif.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Slaughter, Mark S ^a   Tsui, Steven S ^b   El Banayosy, Aly ^c   Sun, Benjamin C ^d   Kormos, Robert L ^e   Mueller, Dale K ^f   Massey, H Todd ^g   Icenogle, Timothy B ^h   Farrar, David J ⁱ   Hill, J Donald ^j  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^h SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249092461     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.050     Document Type: Article

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