Single-center experience with treatment of cardiogenic shock in children by pediatric ventricular assist devices

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hetzer, Roland ^a   Potapov, Evgenij V ^a   Alexi Meskishvili, Vladimir ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Miera, Oliver ^a   Berger, Felix ^a   Hennig, Ewald ^a   Hübler, Michael ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

B type natriuretic peptide; biventricular assist device; BNP; BVAD; ECMO; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; left ventricular assist device; LVAD; VAD; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOGENESIS;

EID: 79951727986     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.066     Document Type: Article

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