First experiences with outpatient care of patients with implanted axial flow pumps

Artificial Organs

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 331-335

  Wieselthaler, Georg M ^a,b   Schima, Heinrich ^a   Dworschak, Martin ^a   Quittan, Michael ^a   Nuhr, Martin ^a   Czerny, Martin ^a   Seebacher, Gernot ^a   Huber, Leopold ^a   Grimm, Michael ^a   Wolner, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hospital discharge; MicroMed DeBakey Ventricular assist device; Monitoring; Physical training

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HOSPITALS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RECOVERY; ROTARY PUMPS;

AXIAL FLOW PUMP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MICROMED DEBAKEY VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MOBILISATION; OPTIMAL RECOVERY; PATIENTS' CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; PHYSICAL TRAINING; PULSATILES; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MONITORING; TRAINING;

EID: 0034823969     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2001.025005331.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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