Successful use of the total artificial heart in the failing fontan circulation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1438-1440

  Rossano, Joseph W ^a   Goldberg, David J ^a   Fuller, Stephanie ^a   Ravishankar, Chitra ^a   Montenegro, Lisa M ^a   Gaynor, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ADOLESCENT; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84897401370     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.120     Document Type: Article

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