Bridge to transplantation with a Toyobo-NCVC left ventricular assist device in a 3-year-old girl

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 357-360

  Masuoka, Ayumu ^a   Katogi, Toshiyuki ^a   Iwazaki, Mika ^a   Kobayashi, Toshiki ^b   Nishimura, Takashi ^b   Kyo, Shunei ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Extracorporeal circulation; Heart failure; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR ALPHA; CARVEDILOL; CATECHOLAMINE; CILOSTAZOL; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; LOPRINONE; NICARDIPINE; WARFARIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEAKNESS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749109643     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-008-0252-9     Document Type: Article

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