Can a central stitch over the Arantius' nodules provide a solution for preoperative severe native AI in LVAD patients?

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-224

  de Praetere, Herbert ^a   Jacobs, Steven ^a   Rega, Filip ^a   Droogne, Walter ^a   Meyns, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic valve insufficiency; Heart failure; Heart assist devices

Indexed keywords

PARKS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVES; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; DESTINATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; LONG-TERM RESULTS; SIMPLE++;

BLOOD VESSELS;

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THROMBOGENICITY;

EID: 84875643290     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/ijao.5000200     Document Type: Review

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