Urgent Pump Exchange for Stroke Resulting From a Distorted HeartMate XVE Inflow Conduit

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 646-648

  Frazier, O H ^a   Forrester, Matthew D ^a   Gemmato, Courtney ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMER; DOXORUBICIN; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DOXORUBICIN; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; STERNUM;

EID: 34249333825     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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