Beneficial effects of the CorCap cardiac support device: Five-year results from the Acorn Trial

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1036-1042

  Mann, Douglas L ^a   Kubo, Spencer H ^b   Sabbah, Hani N ^c   Starling, Randall C ^d   Jessup, Mariell ^e   Oh, Jae K ^f   Acker, Michael A ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Acorn Cardiovascular   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBUS;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84859750189     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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