Surgical closure of left ventricular outflow tract after left ventricular assist device implantation in patients with aortic valve pathology

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-63

  Cohn, William E ^a   Demirozu, Zumrut T ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic valve; aortic valve insufficiency; aortic valve prostheses; left ventricular assist device; left ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649976091     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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