Thrombosis and cable damage in the heartware pump: Clinical decisions and surgical technique

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-40

  Potapov, Evgenij V ^a   Stepanenko, Alexander ^a   Kaufmann, Friedrich ^a   Henning, Ewald ^a   Vierecke, Juliana ^a   Lehmkuhl, Elke ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Krabatsch, Thomas ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB); exchange; explantation; HeartWare HVAD; implantation; left ventricular assist device (LVAD); thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTI-COAGULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL DECISION; COMPLEX PROCEDURE; EXPLANTATION; HEARTWARE HVAD; INFLOW CANNULAS; INVASIVE TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL IMPACTS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPE II;

BLOOD VESSELS; CABLES; DISEASES; ION EXCHANGE; ION IMPLANTATION; PUMPS; SINTERING;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872189735     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e31827c0d79     Document Type: Article

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