Suction Events During Left Ventricular Support and Ventricular Arrhythmias

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 819-825

  Vollkron, Michael ^a,b   Voitl, Peter ^a   Ta, Julia ^a   Wieselthaler, Georg ^a,b   Schima, Heinrich ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34547565236     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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