Exchange techniques for implantable ventricular assist devices

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Gregoric, Igor D ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MC 3 147 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DEVICE-RELATED INFECTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (LVAD); VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PUMP FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; RELIABILITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38349179649     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e318161d705     Document Type: Article

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