Ventricular assist device in univentricular heart physiology

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 568-569

  Brancaccio, Gianluca ^a   Gandolfo, Fabrizio ^a   Carotti, Adriano ^a   Amodeo, Antonio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Univentricular hearts; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE ATRESIA; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; ORGAN DONOR; PARALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBUS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84875192763     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs559     Document Type: Article

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