Levitronix centriMag to Berlin Heart excor: A "bridge to bridge" Solution in refractory cardiogenic shock

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-468

  Loforte, Antonio ^a   Potapov, Evgenij ^a   Krabatsch, Thomas ^a   Musci, Michele ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Pasic, Miralem ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGLESS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCKS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; MYOCARDIAL RECOVERY; STERNOTOMY; THIRD GENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC;

EID: 70349116957     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181b58c50     Document Type: Article

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