Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) enables survival during 7 h of sustained ventricular fibrillation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 444-446

  Salzberg, Sacha P ^a,b   Lachat, Mario L ^a   Zünd, Gregor ^a   Turina, Marko I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Box 1028 New York NY 10029 USA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; LVAD; Survival; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PACEMAKER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 3543107249     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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