Elective noncardiac surgery in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 639-642

  Ahmed, Mustafa ^a   Le, Houng ^a   Aranda, Juan M ^a   Klodell, Charles T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEART FAILURE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 84866403058     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01515.x     Document Type: Article

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