adult cardiac transplantation: a review of perioperative management (part - ii)
;Ramakrishna Harish;Jaroszewski Dawn;Arabia Francisco
daru journal of pharmaceutical sciences2009Vol. 12pp. 155-165
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harish2009annalsadult
Abstract
Heart transplant is the definitive therapy for end-stage heart failure. This two part review article focussed first on the perioperative management of patients for heart transplantation. This part II will be a comprehensive review of the current status of mechanical assist device therapy for surgical management of the patient with refractory end-stage heart failure.