Myocardial infarction after left ventricular assist device implantation: Clinical course, role of aortic root thrombus, and outcomes

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-115

  Fried, Justin ^a   Han, Jason ^a   Naka, Yoshifumi ^b   Jorde, Ulrich P ^a   Uriel, Nir ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BUMETANIDE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; HEPARIN; MILRINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY SINUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; STERNOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84892173666     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.10.021     Document Type: Letter

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