Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 173-184 , March 2006

Ventricular assist devices for children

  • J. Timothy Baldwin

      Affiliations

    • The Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Two Rockledge Centre, Room 9150, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7940, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 301 435 0498; fax: +1 301 480 1335.
    • ,
  • Brian W. Duncan

      Affiliations

    • The Departments of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA

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