Current Status of Left Ventricular Assist Device Technology

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-63

  Molina, Ezequiel J ^a   Boyce, Steven W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge to transplant; Destination therapy; End stage heart failure; Left ventricular assist devices; Mechanical circulatory support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; END STAGE HEART FAILURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART SIZE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PULSATILE FLOW; QUALITY OF LIFE; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84879534799     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: 15329488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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