Paediatric heart transplantation - The impact of a ventricular assist device on operative outcomes

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 664-669

  Januszewska, Katarzyna ^a   Malec, Edward ^a   Birnbaum, Julia ^a   Loeff, Markus ^a   Sodian, Ralf ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Netz, Heinrich ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Paediatric heart transplantation; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

EID: 77953777453     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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