Cardiac function recovery following LVAD implantation and bariatric surgery in a morbidly obese patient

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 740-742

  Leviner, Dror B ^a   Keidar, Andrei ^a   Ben Gal, Tuvia ^a   Medalion, Benjamin ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MORBID OBESITY; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; COMPLICATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; GASTRECTOMY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908224058     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12404     Document Type: Article

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