Left ventricular assist device support as a bridge to recovery in young children

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-240

  Ihnat, Chelsea L ^a   Zimmerman, Hannah ^a   Copeland, Jack G ^a   Meaney, F John ^a   Sobonya, Richard E ^a   Larsen, Brandon T ^a   Blair, Brian ^b   Lax, Daniela ^a   Barber, Brent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pediatric Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Pediatrics; Ventricular Assist Device

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CARNITINE; CARVEDILOL; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; MILRINONE;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79956266673     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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