Thalidomide for treatment of gastrointestinal angiodysplasia in patients with left ventricular assist devices: Case series and treatment protocol

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-134

  Draper, Karen ^a   Kale, Parag ^b   Martin, Beth ^a   Kelly Cordero, R ^a   Ha, Richard ^c   Banerjee, Dipanjan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR;

ANGIODYSPLASIA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVENING DOSAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL ANGIODYSPLASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH DISEASES; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 84920038382     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.09.013     Document Type: Letter

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