Left thoracotomy heartware implantation with outflow graft anastomosis to the descending aorta: A simplified bridge for patients with multiple previous sternotomies

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 664-667

  Umakanthan, Ramanan ^a   Haglund, Nicholas A ^a   Stulak, John M ^b   Joyce, Lyle D ^b   Ahmad, Rashid ^a   Keebler, Mary E ^a   Maltais, Simon ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

descending aorta; heart failure; HeartWare ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

DESCENDING AORTA; DESTINATION THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH-RISK PATIENTS; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

MILRINONE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DESCENDING AORTA; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84887221867     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3182a708d1     Document Type: Article

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