Can learning to interpret pump messages help lead to an early diagnosis of heartware ventricular assist device thrombosis?

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 629-632

  Santise, Gianluca ^a   Sciacca, Sergio ^a   Baglini, Roberto ^b   Clemenza, Francesco ^b   Pilato, Michele ^a  

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ^*  (Italy)

^b MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

HeartWare left ventricular assist device; LVAD; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTI-COAGULATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LVAD; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS FORMATION; TIMELY IDENTIFICATION; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868640518     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e31826a87bc     Document Type: Article

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