Partial mechanical long-term support with the circulite® synergy® pump as bridge-to-transplant in congestive heart failure

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Supplement

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Klotz, S ^a   Meyns, B ^b   Simon, A ^c   Wittwer, T ^d   Rahmanian, P ^d   Schlensak, C ^e   Tjan, T T D T ^a   Scheld, H H ^a   Burkhoff, D ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f CircuLite Inc   (United States)

^g New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Assist device; Endstage heart failure; Heart transplantation; New technologies; Partial support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149091231     PISSN: 09464778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240687     Document Type: Article

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