Use of Initial Biventricular Mechanical Support in a Case of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Rupture as a Bridge to Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Conradi, Lenard ^a   Treede, Hendrik ^a   Brickwedel, Jens ^a   Reichenspurner, Hermann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM RUPTURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE;

EID: 64649090458     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.046     Document Type: Article

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