Left ventricular assist devices and gastrointestinal bleeding: A narrative review of case reports and case series

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 190-200

  Islam, Sameer ^a   Cevik, Cihan ^b   Madonna, Rosalinda ^b,d   Frandah, Wesam ^c   Islam, Ebtesam ^c   Islam, Sherazad ^c   Nugent, Kenneth ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PULSATILE FLOW; RECURRENCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84876497959     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22096     Document Type: Review

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