Performance of a 3-Bladed Propeller Pump to Provide Cavopulmonary Assist in the Failing Fontan Circulation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1343-1347

  Throckmorton, Amy L ^a   Ballman, Kimberly K ^a   Myers, Cynthia D ^a   Frankel, Steven H ^a   Brown, John W ^a   Rodefeld, Mark D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; DEVICE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 52249101776     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.06.026     Document Type: Article

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