Experience with a "hotline" service for outpatients on a ventricular assist device

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 409-413

  Biefer, Hector Rodriguez Cetina ^a   Sündermann, Simon Harald ^a   Emmert, Maximilian Yosri ^a   Hasenclever, Peter ^a   Lachat, Mario Louis ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Wilhelm, Markus Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

circulatory assist devices; outcomes; postoperative care; quality of life; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE; AMBULATORY CARE; HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84906324548     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1351352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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