Complete aortic valve fusion after heartmate II left ventricular assist device support

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1060-1062

  Gallen, Thomas Brent ^a   Lau, William Travis ^a   Mehta, Anand R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic stenosis; aortic valve; cardiac transplant; cardiomyopathy; echocardiography; heart transplant; leaflet fusion; left ventricular assist device; postpartum cardiomyopathy; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE FUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84868303667     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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