Paving the way for destination therapy of end-stage biventricular heart failure: The ReinHeart total artificial heart concept

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 935-936

  Koerfer, Reiner ^a   Spiliopoulos, Sotirios ^a   Finocchiaro, Thomas ^b   Guersoy, Dilek ^a   Tenderich, Gero ^a   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Cardiac failure; Destination therapy

Indexed keywords

BIVENTRICULAR END STAGE HEART FAILURE; BLOOD CLOTTING; EDITORIAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; THROMBOGENICITY; TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BOVINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CATTLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84924415966     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu317     Document Type: Editorial

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