Simple implantation of a temporary right ventricular device for right ventricular failure after left ventricular device implantation via a left lateral thoracotomy

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-18

  Stepanenko, Alexander ^a   Potapov, Evgenij V ^a   Krabatsch, Thomas ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMORAL VEIN; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR;

SURGERY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; THORACOTOMY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; THORACOTOMY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 78651482495     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e318201a583     Document Type: Article

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