Safety of anticoagulation reversal in patients supported with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 381-384

  Jennings, Douglas L ^a   Jacob, Minu ^b   Chopra, Anuvrat ^b   Nemerovski, Carrie W ^c   Morgan, Jeffrey A ^c   Lanfear, David E ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Bleeding; Left ventricular assist devices; Reversal

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOPHYSICS;

ANTI-COAGULATION; BLEEDING; COMPLEX CONCENTRATION; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; ISCHEMIC STROKES; REVERSAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 84905821953     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000077     Document Type: Article

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