Discontinuation of HeartWare RVAD support without device removal in chronic BIVAD patients

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-18

  Potapov, Evgenij ^a   Schweiger, Martin ^a   Vierecke, Juliane ^a   Dandel, Micheal ^a   Stepanenko, Alexander ^a   Kukucka, Marian ^a   Jurmann, Beate ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Krabatsch, Thomas ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIST DEVICE; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; MEAN AGES; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEPSIS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855374172     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3182376b7b     Document Type: Article

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