Left ventricular assist device pump thrombosis: Is there a role for glycoprotein iib/iiia inhibitors?

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-136

  Bellumkonda, Lavanya ^a   Subrahmanyan, Lakshman ^a   Jacoby, Daniel ^a   Bonde, Pramod ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

eptifibatide; Left ventricular assist device; thrombus

Indexed keywords

ANTI-COAGULATION; ANTIPLATELET AGENT; CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; EPTIFIBATIDE; FAILURE RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANT; THROMBUS;

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PUMPS;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMBOLISM; HEART FAILURE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891858286     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000028     Document Type: Article

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