Device malfunction of the cardiowest total artificial heart secondary to catheter entrapment of the tricuspid valve

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-482

  Zimmerman, Hannah ^a   Coehlo Anderson, Romana ^b   Slepian, Marvin ^a   Smith, Richard G ^b   Sethi, Gulshan ^a   Copeland, Jack G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLOW VALVES; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEARTS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CATHETERS;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 77956395405     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181e87d4f     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. El-Banayosy A, Arusoglu L, Morshuis M, et al: CardioWest total artificial heart: Bad Oeynhausen experience. Ann Thorac Surg 80: 548-552, 2005.