Influence of Inflow Cannula Length in Axial-flow Pumps on Neurologic Adverse Event Rate: Results From a Multi-center Analysis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Schmid, Christof ^a,c   Jurmann, Michael ^b   Birnbaum, Dietrich ^c   Colombo, Tiziano ^l   Falk, Volkmar ⁱ   Feltrin, Giuseppe ^e   Garatti, Andrea ^l   Genoni, Michele ^d   Gerosa, Gino ^e   Göttel, Peter ^f   Gummert, Jan ⁱ   Halfmann, Robert ^f   Hammel, Dieter ^g   Hennig, Ewald ^b   Kaufmann, Friedrich ^b   Lanfranconi, Marco ^l   Meyns, Bart ^h   Mohr, Friedrich ⁱ   Müller, Johannes ^f   Nikolov, Dimitar ^j   Rucinskas, Kestutis ^k   Scheld, Hans Heinrich ^a   Schmid, Franz Xaver ^c   Schneider, Michael ^g   Sirvydis, Vytautas ^k   Tandler, René ^m   Vitali, Ettore ^l   Vlasselaers, Dirk ^h   Weyand, Michael ^m   Wilhelm, Markus ^d   Hetzer, Roland ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Berlin Heart GmbH   (Germany)

^g Hospital Links der Weser   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^j St Ekaterina   (Romania)

^k VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^l OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^m Zentrum für Herzchirurgie   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; CANNULA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 40949116013     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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