Outcomes of heartware ventricular assist system support in 141 patients: A single-centre experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Wu, Long ^a,b   Weng, Yu Guo ^b   Dong, Nian Guo ^a   Krabatsch, Thomas ^b   Stepanenko, Alexander ^b   Hennig, Ewald ^b   Hetzer, Roland ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart ware; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PUMP; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

HEART FAILURE; HEARTWARE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879581750     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs263     Document Type: Article

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