Low thromboembolic risk for patients with the Heartmate II left ventricular assist device

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1318-1323

  John, Ranjit ^a   Kamdar, Forum ^a   Liao, Kenneth ^a   Colvin Adams, Monica ^b   Miller, Leslie ^b   Joyce, Lyle ^a   Boyle, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 56249139674     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.077     Document Type: Article

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