Executive cognitive dysfunction without stroke after long-term mechanical circulatory support

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 764-768

  Komoda, Takeshi ^a   Drews, Thorsten ^a   Sakuraba, Shigeru ^b   Kubo, Masako ^c   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CARDIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD); MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT (MCS); TRAIL MAKING TEST (TMT);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; STROKE; THROMBUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644875094     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000183685.81983.5d     Document Type: Article

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