First Successful Bridge to Myocardial Recovery With a HeartWare HVAD

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 695-697

  Wood, Clare ^a   Maiorana, Andrew ^a,b,c   Larbalestier, Robert ^a   Lovett, Michael ^a   Green, Gillian ^a   O'Driscoll, Gerry ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID CALCIUM; BICORP; BISOPROLOL; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; CARVEDILOL; CLENBUTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; DANAPAROID; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOSIMENDAN; NORADRENALIN; PERINDOPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPNEA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43949122940     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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