Aortic valve closure associated with HeartMate left ventricular device support: Technical considerations and long-term results

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 576-582

  Adamson, Robert M ^a   Dembitsky, Walter P ^a   Baradarian, Sam ^a   Chammas, Joseph ^a   May Newman, Karen ^b   Chillcott, Suzanne ^a   Stahovich, Marcia ^a   McCalmont, Vicki ^a   Ortiz, Kristi ^a   Hoagland, Peter ^a   Jaski, Brian ^a  

^a SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic valve closure; HeartMate; left ventricular assist device; LVAD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953802634     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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