Mechanical circulatory support pathways that maximize post-heart transplant survival

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 480-485

  Karamlou, Tara ^a   Gelow, Jill ^b   Diggs, Brian S ^b   Tibayan, Frederick A ^b   Mudd, James M ^b   Guyton, Steven W ^b   Slater, Matthew S ^b   Song, Howard K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEATH; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INFANT; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872788599     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.108     Document Type: Article

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