Explantation of a Mechanical Assist Device: Assessment of Myocardial Recovery

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-50

  Delgado, Diego H ^a   Rao, Vivek ^a   Miriuka, Santiago G ^a   Al Hesayen, Abdurrahman ^b   McIver, Jane ^a   Feindel, Christopher M ^a   Cusimano, Robert J ^a   Ross, Heather J ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARVEDILOL; DOBUTAMINE; FERROUS SULFATE; FUROSEMIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; RAMIPRIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0842329710     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.04010.x     Document Type: Article

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