Successful Bridge to Recovery With 120 Days of Mechanical Support in an Infant With Myocarditis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-205

  Jones, Caroline B ^a   Cassidy, Jane V ^a   Kirk, Richard ^a   Black, Fiona ^a   Griselli, Massimo ^a   Hasan, Asif ^a   Crossland, David S ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; HEPARIN; ISOPRENALINE; MILRINONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMATOTHORAX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX DRAINAGE; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBUS;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59349100891     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.11.902     Document Type: Article

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