Is the Thoratec paracorporeal ventricular assist device a primary or secondary device to support patients with refractory cardiogenic shock?

Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2009 Jun-Jul;102(6-7):473-5. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2009.06.001. Epub 2009 Jul 9.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Critical Care
  • Equipment Design
  • Heart Failure / complications
  • Heart Failure / mortality
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Heart-Assist Devices* / adverse effects
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Patient Admission
  • Risk Assessment
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / etiology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / mortality
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / physiopathology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / therapy*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome