Total artificial heart as bridge to heart transplantation in chagas cardiomyopathy: Case report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 279-281

  Ruzza, A ^a   Czer, L S C ^a   De Robertis, M ^a   Luthringer, D ^a   Moriguchi, J ^a   Kobashigawa, J ^a   Trento, A ^a   Arabia, F ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ARTIFICIAL HEART; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPLICATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROIMIDAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 84959120574     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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