Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices: The Future (as of 2011)

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-86

  Jaquiss, Robert D B ^a   Lodge, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

and TAH); assistance; BVAD; circulatory; circulatory assist devices (LVAD; heart failure; pediatric; RVAD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990328564     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135111423277     Document Type: Review

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