Ventricular assist device implantation in the pediatric population: Does pump size selection and associated hemodynamics impact outcomes?

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 474-478

  Husain, S Adil ^a,c   Wallis, Gonzolo ^a   Fricker, Fredrick J ^a   Bleiweis, Mark S ^a   Staples, Edward D ^a   Klodell, Charles T ^a   Brown, John W ^b   Turrentine, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PUMP; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC INDEXES; MEAN AGES; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PEDIATRIC POPULATION; PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PUMP SIZE; RATE RATIOS; THROMBUS FORMATION; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PEDIATRICS;

PUMPS;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD PUMP; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DEATH; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; PROSTHESIS; PULSATILE FLOW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55949099877     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181888f2d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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