Use of CoSeal in a Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1956-1958

  Cannata, Aldo ^a   Taglieri, Corrado ^a   Russo, Claudio F ^a   Bruschi, Giuseppe ^a   Martinelli, Luigi ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEVICE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 65649125204     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.042     Document Type: Article

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