Extracorporeal life support as a bridge to high-urgency heart transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 484-488

  Barth, Emeline ^a   Durand, Michel ^b   Heylbroeck, Christophe ^b   Rossi Blancher, Marine ^b   Boignard, Aude ^c   Vanzetto, Gerald ^a   Albaladejo, Pierre ^b   Chavanon, Olivier ^c  

^a Clinique de Cardiologie   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

Bridge to transplant therapy; Cardiogenic shock; ECLS; High urgency priority heart transplantation; Post operative complication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862260015     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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