Life-threatening Right Ventricular Failure in Pulmonary Hypertension: RVAD or ECMO?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1188-1189

  Berman, Marius ^a   Tsui, Steven ^a   Vuylsteke, Alain ^a   Klein, Andrew ^a   Jenkins, David P ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDARTERECTOMY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 52949126643     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.07.017     Document Type: Letter

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