Successful combined procedure of HeartMate II left ventricular assist device implantation and minimally invasive transapical aortic valve replacement

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 708-709

  Menon, Ares K ^a   Dohmen, Guido ^a   Mahnken, Andreas H ^a   Autschbach, Rüdiger ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGATROBAN; CLOPIDOGREL; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOSIMENDAN; PHENPROCOUMON; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80051801862     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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