The Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatrics-The SickKids Experience 2004-2008

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1082-1086

  Humpl, Tilman ^a   Furness, Sarah ^a   Gruenwald, Colleen ^a   Hyslop, Cecilia ^a   Van Arsdell, Glen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Pediatrics; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HEART; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PEDIATRICS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

AVERAGE AGES; CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION; DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL RECOVERY; NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; SINGLE VENTRICLE PHYSIOLOGIES; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

CARDIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 78650069346     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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