Pump exchange for cable damage in patients supported with heartmate II left ventricular assist device

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 578-582

  Potapov, Evgenij V ^a   Kaufmann, Friedrich ^a   Stepanenko, Alexander ^a   Hening, Ewald ^a   Vierecke, Juliane ^a   Löw, Alexandra ^a   Lehmkuhl, Elke ^a   Dranishnikov, Nikolay ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Krabatsch, Thomas ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cable damage; exchange; HeartMate II; left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FLOW PUMPS; DRIVELINES; FEED THROUGH; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEARTMATE II; IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE; WAITING-TIME;

CABLES; ION EXCHANGE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

PUMPS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868671803     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3182703718     Document Type: Article

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