Noncardiac surgical procedures in patient supported with long-term implantable left ventricular assist device

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 710-714

  Garatti, Andrea ^a   Bruschi, Giuseppe ^b   Colombo, Tiziano ^b   Russo, Claudio ^b   Milazzo, Filippo ^b   Catena, Emanuele ^b   Lanfranconi, Marco ^b   Vitali, Ettore ^b  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Heart transplant; Left ventricular assist devices

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; HEPARIN LYASE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COLOSTOMY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; ILEOSTOMY; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOLITHOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66149104019     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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