Outcomes after implantation of 139 full-support continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices as a bridge to transplantation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e59-e66

  Sabashnikov, Anton ^a,b   Mohite, Prashant N ^a   Weymann, Alexander ^a   Patil, Nikhil P ^a   Hedger, Mike ^a   Sáez, Diana García ^a   Zych, Bartlomiej ^a   Wahlers, Thorsten ^b   Wippermann, Jens ^b   De Robertis, Fabio ^a   Bahrami, Toufan ^a   Amrani, Mohamed ^a   Simon, André R ^a   Popov, Aron Frederik ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridge to transplantation; Left ventricular assist device; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MYCOSIS; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DISEASES; HEART SURGERY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930788997     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu325     Document Type: Article

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