Malpositioned left ventricular assist device cannula: Diagnosis and management with transesophageal echocardiography guidance

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1574-1576

  Nicoara, Alina ^a   MacKensen, G Burkhard ^a   Podgoreanu, Mihai V ^a   Milano, Carmelo A ^a   Mathew, Joseph P ^a   Swaminathan, Madhav ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 36549014705     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000286065.39763.bc     Document Type: Article

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