title: Automated implantable cardiac defibrillator and biventricular Thoratec assist device as bridge to transplantation in a patient with sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. hjankersmit@hotmail.com
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ankersmit
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wieselthaler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taghavi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gorlitzer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tschernich
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horvat
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wolner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome