Less invasive left ventricular assist device implantation-a match changer!

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 783-786

  Reineke, David C ^a   Carrel, Thierry P ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MORBIDITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR;

EID: 84930912352     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.04.44     Document Type: Editorial

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