title: Failure of an implantable left ventricular assist device: a distinctive electrocardiographic pattern before malfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Piccione
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mattea
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Trohman
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004868:Equipment Failure; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography