left ventricular assist device

Algorithms to guide ambulance clinicians in the management of emergencies in patients with implanted rotary left ventricular assist devices
Christopher T Bowles, Rachel Hards, Neil Wrightson, Paul Lincoln, Shishir Kore, Laura Marley, Jonathan R Dalzell, Binu Raj, Tracey A Baker, Diane Goodwin, Petra Carroll, Jane Pateman, John J M Black, Paul Kattenhorn, Mark Faulkner, Jayan Parameshwar, Charles Butcher, Mark Mason, Alexander Rosenberg, Ian McGovern, Alexander Weymann, Carl Gwinnutt, Nicholas R Banner, Stephan Schueler, Andre R Simon, David W Pitcher

Emergency Medicine Journal Dec 2017, 34 (12) 842-850; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2016-206172

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