Continuous flow left ventricular assist device outcomes in commercial use compared with the prior clinical trial

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1406-1413

  John, Ranjit ^a   Naka, Yoshifumi ^b   Smedira, Nicholas G ^c   Starling, Randall ^c   Jorde, Ulrich ^b   Eckman, Peter ^d   Farrar, David J ^e   Pagani, Francis D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80053338810     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.080     Document Type: Article

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