Continuous flow left ventricular assist device related aortic root thrombosis complicated by left main coronary artery occlusion

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-120

  Shah, Sachin ^a   Mehra, Mandeep R ^a   Couper, Gregory S ^a   Desai, Akshay S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84892153297     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.12.003     Document Type: Letter

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