Lessons learned from experience with over 100 consecutive HeartMate II left ventricular assist devices

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1593-1600

  John, Ranjit ^a   Kamdar, Forum ^a   Eckman, Peter ^a   Colvin Adams, Monica ^a   Boyle, Andrew ^b   Shumway, Sara ^a   Joyce, Lyle ^c   Liao, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; HEPARIN; SODIUM; UREA; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155207405     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.081     Document Type: Article

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