The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 740-742 , July 2009

Ventricular Assist Device Application With the Intermediate Use of a Membrane Oxygenator as a Bridge to Pediatric Heart Transplantation

  • Luis Garcia-Guereta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Luis Garcia-Guereta, MD, PhD, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Pediatric Cardiology, Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain. Telephone: 003-491-320-9920. Fax: 003-491-727-7040
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  • Javier Cabo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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  • Pedro de la Oliva, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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  • Miguel Angel Villar, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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  • Lucia Deiros Bronte, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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  • Luis Goldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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  • Michael Hübler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany

Received 24 December 2008 ,Revised 16 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 April 2009.

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PII: S1053-2498(09)00237-X

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.04.018

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 740-742 , July 2009

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