Ischemic stroke and subsequent thrombosis within a HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist system: A cautionary tale

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 170-172

  Netuka, Ivan ^a   Mehra, Mandeep R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEMATURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS THROMBOSIS; REOPERATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THROMBOSIS;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 85034077391     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.11.002     Document Type: Letter

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