Successful treatment of fulminant myocarditis with mechanical circulatory support

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 570-572

  Furukawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Hata, Mitsumasa ^a   Sezai, Akira ^a   Niino, Tetsuya ^a   Yoda, Masataka ^a   Unosawa, Satoshi ^a   Minami, Kazutomo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; HEMATURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 50049101685     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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