Simultaneous left ventricular assist device placement and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as a bridge to transplant for morbidly obese patients with severe heart failure

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1489-1491

  Shah, Shinil K ^a,b   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Nathan, Sriram S ^a   Akkanti, Bindu H ^a   Kar, Biswajit ^a   Bajwa, Kulvinder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIAC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 84946472714     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.06.011     Document Type: Letter

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