Unexpected abrupt increase in left ventricular assist device thrombosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1466-1467

  Rame, J Eduardo ^a   Atluri, Pavan ^a   Acker, Michael A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE THROMBOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS;

HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PENNSYLVANIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84898736428     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1402425     Document Type: Letter

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