Case series using the rotaflow system as a temporary right ventricular assist device after heartmate II implantation

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 456-460

  Khani Hanjani, Abbas ^a   Loor, Gabriel ^a   Chamogeorgakis, Themistokles ^b   Shafii, Alexis ^b   Mountis, Maria ^a   Hanna, Mazen ^a   Soltesz, Edward ^a   Gonzalez Stawinski, Gonzalo V ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HeartMate II; right ventricular dysfunction; ROTAFLOW; RVAD

Indexed keywords

HEARTMATE II; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD); RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (RVAD); RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTIONS; ROTAFLOW; RVAD;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM BLEEDING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881047826     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e318291d133     Document Type: Article

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