Current status of mechanical circulatory support: A systematic review

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Spiliopoulos, Kyriakos ^a,b   Giamouzis, Gregory ^a   Karayannis, George ^a   Karangelis, Dimos ^a   Koutsias, Stelios ^a   Kalogeropoulos, Andreas ^c   Georgiopoulou, Vasiliki ^c   Skoularigis, John ^a   Butler, Javed ^c   Triposkiadis, Filippos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEVICE APPROVAL; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84866253550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/574198     Document Type: Review

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