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Mechanical Circulatory Assist as a Bridge to Heart Retransplantation in Adolescents
Author(s) -
Saxena Pankaj,
Marasco Silvana F.,
McGiffin David C.,
Weintraub Robert,
Bergin Peter,
Konstantinov Igor E.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12412
Subject(s) - medicine , bridge (graph theory) , circulatory system , heart transplantation , bridge to transplantation , cardiology , ventricular assist device , intensive care medicine , heart failure , surgery
We report our experience with an adolescent patient who required complex management leading to retransplantation for coronary allograft vasculopathy and also review the role of ventricular assist device support in patients with this clinical entity. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12412 (J Card Surg 2014;29:752–754)