Aortic valve opening and thrombotic events with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-112

  Saeed, Omar ^a   Maybaum, Simon ^a   Alessandro, David D' ^b   Goldstein, Daniel J ^b   Patel, Snehal R ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84892150854     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.07.008     Document Type: Letter

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