Percutaneous lead dysfunction in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1373-1378

  Kalavrouziotis, Dimitri ^a   Tong, Michael Z ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a   Massiello, Alex ^a   Soltesz, Edward ^a   Smedira, Nicholas G ^a   Fryc, Robert ^b   Heatley, Gerald ^b   Farrar, David J ^b   Moazami, Nader ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE PUMP; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS LEAD FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897396349     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.11.039     Document Type: Article

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