Outcomes of ventricular assist device implantation in children and young adults: the Melbourne experience

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 996-1001

  Shi, William Y ^a,b   Marasco, Silvana F ^c   Saxena, Pankaj ^c   d'Udekem, Yves ^a,b   Yong, Matthew S ^a,c   Mitnovetski, Sergei ^a   Brizard, Christian P ^a,b   McGiffin, David C ^c   Weintraub, Robert G ^a,b   Konstantinov, Igor E ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

congenital heart disease; paediatric; transplantation; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949580366     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.13368     Document Type: Article

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