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Focused Review on Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of Patients with Continuous Axial Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are systems for mechanical support for patients with end-stage heart failure. Preoperative, postoperative and comprehensive followup with transthoracic echocardiography has a major role in LVAD patient management. In this paper, we will present briefly the hem...

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Autores principales: Topilsky, Yan, Maltais, Simon, Oh, Jae K., Atchison, Fawn W., Perrault, Louis P., Carrier, Michel, Park, Soon J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21331332
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/187434