Clinical experience with Berlin Heart Excor in pediatric patients in Argentina: 1373 days of cardiac support

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 652-658

  Moreno, Guillermo E ^a,b   Charroqui, Alberto ^a   Pilan, María L ^a   Magliola, Ricardo H ^a   Krynski, Mariela P ^a   Althabe, María ^a   Landry, Luis M ^a   Sciuccati, Gabriela ^a   Villa, Alejandra ^a   Vogelfang, Horacio ^a  

^a Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

^b Dept 9B ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; Cardiac transplantation; End stage heart failure; Mechanical assist device; Pneumatically pulsatile assist device

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; BICARBONATE; CEFALOTIN; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUCONAZOLE; FUROSEMIDE; LEVOSIMENDAN; MILRINONE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; RIFAMPICIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOSIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TREATMENT DURATION; VASOPLEGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80051590964     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-9949-0     Document Type: Article

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