Role of contrast CT for the diagnosis and the prognosis of suspected LVAD thrombosis

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 162-165

  Tran, Bill C ^a   Nijjar, Prabhjot S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DISEASES; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR;

DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85011695822     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.13094     Document Type: Article

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