Prediction of cardiac function after weaning from ventricular assist devices

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1555-1560

  Liang, Hong ^a   Lin, Hansheng ^b   Weng, Yuguo ^c   Dandel, Michael ^c   Hetzer, Roland ^c  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TORASEMIDE;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM;

DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 27944505504     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.08.020     Document Type: Article

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