Biventricular assist device implantation as bridge to heart transplantation concomitant with open repair of infrarenal aortic aneurysm

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 738-739

  Kindo, Michel ^a   Carranza, Diego ^a   Eisenmann, Bernard ^a   Mazzucotelli, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Circulatory assist devices; Heart failure; Transplantation, heart; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249131834     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.172114     Document Type: Article

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