Non-invasive assessment of myocardial recovery on chronic left ventricular assist device: Results associated with successful device removal

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1304-1313

  Gorcsan III, John ^a,b   Severyn, Donald ^a   Murali, Srinivas ^a   Kormos, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346221266     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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