Mechanical Assist Device as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation in Children Less Than 10 Kilograms

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-62

  Brancaccio, Gianluca ^a   Amodeo, Antonio ^a   Ricci, Zaccaria ^a   Morelli, Stefano ^a   Gagliardi, Maria Giulia ^a   Iacobelli, Roberta ^a   Michielon, Guido ^a   Picardo, Sergio ^a   Parisi, Francesco ^a   Pongiglione, Giacomo ^a   Di Donato, Roberto M ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; MILRINONE; PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODY; SILDENAFIL; WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953595993     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.056     Document Type: Article

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