Death on an LVAD-two sides of a coin

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 952-954

  Phan, Justin A K ^a   Muthiah, Kavitha ^a,b,c   Robson, Desiree ^b   Macdonald, Peter S ^a,b,c   Keogh, Anne M ^b,c   Kotlyar, Eugene ^b   Spratt, Phillip ^b   Dhital, Kumud ^a,b   Granger, Emily ^a,b   Jansz, Paul ^b   Hayward, Christopher S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Death; Left ventricular assist device; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN 125; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN 15 3; CARBOPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROLYTE; MORPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CARDIOVERSION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DROWSINESS; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NIGHT SWEAT; OCCULT CANCER; OMENTAL METASTATIC DISEASE; OVARY CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS PRESSURE; VOMITING;

DEATH; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84887824054     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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