Results following implantation of mechanical circulatory support systems: The Montreal Heart Institute experience

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-110

  El Hamamsy, Ismael ^a   Jacques, Frédéeric ^a   Perrault, Louis P ^a   Bouchard, Denis ^a   Demers, Philippe ^a   White, Michel ^a   Pelletier, Guy B ^a   Racine, Normand ^a   Pellerin, Michel ^a   Carrier, Michel ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CANADA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OLIGURIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 63049128402     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70478-7     Document Type: Article

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