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Efficacy of Video Capsule Endoscopy in the Management of Suspected Small Bowel Bleeding in Patients With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

BACKGROUND: Continuous flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) patients have a high prevalence of gastrointestinal bleeding from the small bowel. Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is often used for diagnosis in these patients, but efficacy has yet to be determined. In this study, we evaluated the...

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Autores principales: Zikos, Thomas A., Pan, Jennifer, Limketkai, Berkeley, Banerjee, Dipanjan, Fernandez-Becker, Nielsen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118868
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr908w