Similar transplantation outcomes in patients bridged with cardiac assist devices for acute cardiogenic shock versus chronic heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 845-849

  Drakos, Stavros G ^a,b   Kfoury, Abdallah G ^a   Long, James W ^a   Stringham, James C ^b,c   Gilbert, Edward M ^b,c   Horne, Benjamin D ^a   Hagan, Mary Beth E ^c   Nelson, Karah ^a   Renlund, Dale G ^a,b  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cardiogenic shock; Cardiac assist devices; Chronic heart failure; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547655506     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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