Pump replacement for left ventricular assist device failure can be done safely and is associated with low mortality

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 500-505

  Moazami, Nader ^a   Milano, Carmelo A ^b   John, Ranjit ^c   Sun, Benjamin ^d   Adamson, Robert M ^e   Pagani, Francis D ^f   Smedira, Nicholas ^a   Slaughter, Mark S ^g   Farrar, David J ^h   Frazier, O Howard ⁱ  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^h THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872765576     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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