Managing VAD Complications: Our Growth Industry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 2769-2771

  Rogers, Joseph G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithm; complication; left ventricular assist device; mechanical circulatory support; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

TIROFIBAN;

CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; INDUSTRY;

HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; INDUSTRY;

EID: 84978230411     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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