Successful treatment of a continuous flow left ventricular assist device thrombosis with eptifibatide

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 633-635

  Jennings, Douglas L ^a   Cabrera, Rafael ^a   Wang, Dee Dee ^a   Tita, Cristina ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

eptifibatide; left ventricular assist device; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTI-COAGULATION; CLOPIDOGREL; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC IMPROVEMENT; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD VESSELS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

DISEASES;

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; THROMBOSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868631658     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e318271bde2     Document Type: Article

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