Experience of appendicular thermal therapy applied to a patient with a left ventricular assist device awaiting heart transplantation

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-305

  Higashi, Haruhiko ^a   Komamura, Kazuo ^a   Oda, Noboru ^a   Kato, Tomoko S ^a   Yanase, Masanobu ^a   Mano, Akiko ^a   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a   Wada, Kyoichi ^a   Shishido, Toshiaki ^a   Hashimura, Kazuhiko ^a   Kitakaze, Masafumi ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a   Nakatani, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted circulation; Cardiomyopathies; Dilated; Heart failure; Thermal therapy; Transplantation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SAUNA;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FOOT; HAND; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; STEAM BATH; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 62349137552     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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