Ventricular Assist Device Application With the Intermediate Use of a Membrane Oxygenator as a Bridge to Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 740-742

  Garcia Guereta, Luis ^a   Cabo, Javier ^a   de la Oliva, Pedro ^a   Villar, Miguel Angel ^a   Bronte, Lucia Deiros ^a   Goldman, Luis ^a   Hübler, Michael ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; OXYGENATOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUCTION DRAINAGE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649112023     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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