Design changes in continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices and life-threatening pump malfunctions

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 984-989

  Soltani, Sajjad ^a   Kaufmann, Friedrich ^a   Vierecke, Juliane ^a   Kretzschmar, Alexandra ^a   Hennig, Ewald ^a   Stein, Julia ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Krabatsch, Thomas ^a   Potapov, Evgenij V ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cable damage; HeartMate II; HeartWare HVAD; LVAD; Pump exchange; Pump thrombosis

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CANNULA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; PUMP DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926177489     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu347     Document Type: Article

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