Eptifibatide for the treatment of heartmate ii left ventricular assist device thrombosis

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Al Quthami, Adeeb H ^a   Jumean, Marwan ^a   Kociol, Robb ^a   Pham, Duc Thinh ^a   Kiernan, Michael ^a   DeNofrio, David ^a   Kapur, Navin K ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE THROMBOSIS; MALE; NOTE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PEPTIDES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84864626166     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.966804     Document Type: Note

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