Prevalence and timing of bend relief disconnection in patients supported by the late version HeartMate II left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-325

  Yuzefpolskaya, Melana ^a   Uriel, Nir ^a   Chow, Daniel S ^a   Restaino, Susan W ^a   Mancini, Donna M ^a   Flannery, Margaret ^a   Te Frey, Rosie ^a   Chichetti, Joanne ^a   Ota, Takeyoshi ^a   Kim, Hyonah ^a   Dano, Drew D ^a   Pearson, Gregory D ^a   Takayama, Hiroo ^a   Naka, Yoshifumi ^a   Jorde, Ulrich P ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

bend relief disconnection; Heart Mate II; left ventricular assist device; outflow graft

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BEND RELIEF DISCONNECTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873991133     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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