Initial experience of EVAHEART explantation after continuous-flow LVAD off test with percutaneous occlusion balloon

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 366-369

  Kashiyama, Noriyuki ^a   Toda, Koichi ^a   Miyagawa, Shigeru ^a   Nishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Yasushi ^a   Fukushima, Satsuki ^a   Yoshioka, Daisuke ^a   Saito, Tetsuya ^a   Sawa, Yoshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EVAHEART; Explantation; Left ventricular assist device; LVAD off test

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTINUOUS FLOW LVAD OFF TEST; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEVICE THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GUIDE WIRE; GUIDING CATHETER; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW;

DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84914159068     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: 16190904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-014-0784-y     Document Type: Article

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