Heartmate II axial-flow left ventricular assist system: Management, clinical review and personal experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 765-771

  Loforte, Antonino ^a   Montalto, Andrea ^a   Ranocchi, Federico ^a   Casali, Giovanni ^a   Luzi, Giampaolo ^a   Della Monica, Paola Lilla ^a   Sbaraglia, Fabio ^a   Polizzi, Vincenzo ^a   Distefano, Giada ^a   Musumeci, Francesco ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; left ventricular assist device; mechanical support

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CANNULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; ORGAN DONOR; PULSATILE FLOW; PUMP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349154230     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832d495e     Document Type: Article

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