Retention of Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Grafts After Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 865-868

  Cohn, William E ^a   Fikfak, Vid ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMBOLISM; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 47649092815     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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