Mechanical circulatory support devices: Is it time to focus on the complications, instead of building another new pump?

Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Mussivand, Tofy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT DEVICE; NEW PUMPS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM SODIUM ALGINATE; CHLORHEXIDINE ACETATE; COLLAGEN; GENTAMICIN; POLITEF; SILVER CARBONATE; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIOFILM; BLEEDING; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE THERAPY; EDITORIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SAFETY; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 37549046832     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00518.x     Document Type: Editorial

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