The beneficial role of left ventricular assist device destination therapy in the reversal of contraindications to cardiac transplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 879-880

  Choong, Cliff K ^a   Pasque, Michael K ^a   Shelton, Kim ^a   Kehoe Huck, Beth ^a   Ewald, Gregory A ^a   Horstmanshof, Douglas ^a   Moazami, Nader ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 24644498625     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.02.014     Document Type: Article

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