Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist device Investigational Device Exemption study: Study design and rationale

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Almond, Christopher S ^a   Buchholz, Holger ^b   Massicotte, Patricia ^b   Ichord, Rebecca ^c   Rosenthal, David N ^d   Uzark, Karen ^e   Jaquiss, Robert D B ^f   Kroslowitz, Robert ^g   Kepler, Mary Beth ^g   Lobbestael, Aaron ^g   Bellinger, David ^a   Blume, Elizabeth D ^a   Fraser, Charles D ^h   Bartlett, Robert H ⁱ   Thiagarajan, Ravi ^a   Jenkins, Kathy ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g Berlin Heart Inc   (United States)

^h BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDY DESIGN; SURVIVAL;

EID: 80052283184     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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