Mechanical circulatory support of the critically ill child awaiting heart transplantation

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-53

  Gazit, Avihu Z ^a   Gandhi, Sanjiv K ^a   Canter, Charles C ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

AORTA BALLOON; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GERMANY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HLA SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77951575088     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340310790231617     Document Type: Review

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