Gastrointestinal bleeding with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 715-718

  Morgan, Jeffrey A ^a   Paone, Gaetano ^a   Nemeh, Hassan W ^a   Henry, Scott E ^a   Patel, Rosan ^a   Vavra, Jessica ^a   Williams, Celeste T ^a   Lanfear, David E ^a   Tita, Cristina ^a   Brewer, Robert J ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bleeding; gastrointestinal; heart failure; left ventricular assist device; LVAD

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELENA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861911835     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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