Pediatric ventricular assist devices - First steps for babies

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-568

  Addonizio, Linda J ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CHILD CARE; DEVICE SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FLOW RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOGENESIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84864646872     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1206893     Document Type: Editorial

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