Placement of a continuous-flow ventricular assist device in the failing ventricle of an adult patient with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 128-129

  Morris, Cullen D ^a,b   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Cooley, Denton A ^a   Cohn, William E ^a   Loyalka, Pranav ^a   Frazier, O H ^a,c  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CYANOSIS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 46049083201     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20071180     Document Type: Article

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