HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge to Transplant in Children and Adolescents

Artificial Organs

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 418-422

  Padalino, Massimo A ^a   Bottio, Tomaso ^a   Tarzia, Vincenzo ^a   Bortolussi, Giacomo ^a   Cerutti, Alessia ^a   Vida, Vladimiro L ^a   Gerosa, Gino ^a   Stellin, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assist device; Cardiac transplantation; Cardiomyopathy; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

ASSIST DEVICE; CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; PEDIATRIC POPULATION; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

PEDIATRICS;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; GANCICLOVIR; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOSIMENDAN; MILRINONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARVAJAL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG INFECTION; MALAISE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNOTOMY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORACOCENTESIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THYROID DISEASE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COMPLICATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899648317     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aor.12185     Document Type: Article

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