Successful Treatment of Heart Failure due to Acute Transplant Rejection With the Impella LP 5.0

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 271-273

  Samoukovic, Gordan ^a   Al Atassi, Talal ^a   Rosu, Cristian ^a   Giannetti, Nadia ^a   Cecere, Renzo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DOBUTAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649810972     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.036     Document Type: Article

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