Urgent exchange of a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device after percutaneous lead fracture

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 523-524

  Jafar, Mehdi ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a,b   Radovancevic, Rajko ^a   Cohn, William E ^a   McGuire, Nichole ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARMS; DRIVELINES; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PUMP FAILURE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FRACTURE; HOSPITALS; PUMPS;

METAL RECOVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349091884     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181b38298     Document Type: Article

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