Predictors of quality of life at 1 month after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-352

  Grady, Kathleen L ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a   Mattea, Annette ^a   Dressler, Diane ^b   Ormaza, Sophia ^c   White Williams, Connie ^d   Chillcott, Suzanne ^e   Kaan, Annemarie ^f   Todd, Barbara ^g   Loo, Alice ^h   Klemme, Annette L ⁱ   Piccione, William ^a   Costanzo, Maria Rosa ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036635157     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2002.11.4.345     Document Type: Article

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