Benefits of ambulatory axillary intra-aortic balloon pump for circulatory support as bridge to heart transplant

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1193-1197

  Umakanthan, Ramanan ^a   Hoff, Steven J ^a   Solenkova, Natalia ^a   Wigger, Mark A ^a   Keebler, Mary E ^a   Lenneman, Andrew ^a   Leacche, Marzia ^a   Disalvo, Thomas G ^a   Ooi, Henry ^a   Naftilan, Allen J ^a   Byrne, John G ^a   Ahmad, Rashid M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AXILLARY ARTERY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859757536     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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