Home discharge and out-of-hospital follow-up of total artificial heart patients supported by a portable driver system

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-153

  El Banayosy, Aly ^a   Kizner, Lukacz ^b   Arusoglu, Latif ^b   Morshuis, Michael ^b   Brehm, Christof ^b   Koerfer, Reiner ^b   Schuermann, Christoph ^c   Smith, Richard G ^d   Copeland, Jack G ^d   Slepian, Marvin J ^d  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Berlin Heart Institute   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Out of hospital; Portable driver; Total artificial heart

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART;

CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; DRIVER SYSTEMS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL; PORTABLE DRIVER; RENAL FUNCTIONS; TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEARTS;

HOSPITALS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART; VENTRICULAR ASSISTANCE DEVICE DRIVER;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84896342470     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000046     Document Type: Article

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