Implantation of the heartware left ventricular assist device

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-247

  Slaughter, Mark S ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

HVAD; Implantation; Intrapericardial; LVAD

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONICS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT VENTRICLE ASSIST DEVICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSATILE FLOW; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 83455262979     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: 15329488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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