Arteriovenous malformation and gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 849-853

  Demirozu, Zumrut T ^a   Radovancevic, Rajko ^a   Hochman, Lyone F ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Letsou, George V ^a,b   Kar, Biswajit ^a   Bogaev, Roberta C ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

arteriovenous malformation; gastrointestinal bleeding; heart assist device

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960015603     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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