Partial left ventricular support implanted through minimal access surgery as a bridge to cardiac transplant

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 243-245

  Meyns, Bart ^a   Rega, Filip ^a   Ector, Joris ^a   Droogne, Walter ^a   Vanhaecke, Johan ^a   Van Hemelrijck, Jan ^a   Griffith, Bartley ^b   Dowling, Robert ^c   Zucker, Mark ^d   Burkhoff, Daniel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 58249094014     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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