Low Incidence of Bleeding-Related Morbidity With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in the Current Era

Artificial Organs

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 746-751

  Krishan, Kewal ^a   Nair, Ajith ^b   Pinney, Sean ^b   Adams, David ^a   Anyanwu, Anelechi C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Blood products; Left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PLATELETS; SURGERY;

'CURRENT; BLEEDINGS; BLOOD PRODUCTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HIGH INCIDENCE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MEAN AGES; REEXPLORATION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864815666     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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