Use of DuraHeart® support for more than 1 year as the first successful bridge to heart transplantation in Japan

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-69

  Kurihara, Chitaru ^a   Ono, Minoru ^a   Nishimura, Takashi ^a   Saito, Aya ^a   Taketani, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hisagi, Motoyuki ^a   Nawata, Kan ^a   Kinoshita, Osamu ^a   Morota, Tetsurou ^a   Motomura, Noboru ^a   Kyo, Shunei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridge to transplantation; DuraHeart ; Ventricular assist devices

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIVER INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; THROMBUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955841038     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-010-0524-x     Document Type: Article

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