Intrathoracic implantation of a new pulsatile left ventricular assist devices for partial unloading of the heart: The VERSUS pump

Chirurgia

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 217-219

  Christiansen, S ^a   Kwant, P B ^b   Rakhorst, G ^c   Verkroost, M W A ^d   Elstrodt, J ^c   Autschbach, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Partial left ventricular unloading; Pulsatile blood pumps

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DEVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART WORK; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; IMPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MINIPUMP; NONHUMAN; PLEURA CAVITY; THORAX SURGERY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 39149122508     PISSN: 03949508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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