The TandemHeart® pVAD™ in the treatment of acute fulminant myocarditis

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-213

  Khalife, Wissam I ^a,b   Kar, Biswajit ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted circulation methods; Heart assist devices; Myocarditis complications surgery therapy; Shock, cardiogenic therapy; Treatment outcome; Ventricular dysfunction, left etiology therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIDOCAINE; LISINOPRIL; MEPREDNISONE; MILRINONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CANNULATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INTUBATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDITIS; OLIGURIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; WEAKNESS; ACUTE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34447550454     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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