The next treatment option: Using ventricular assist devices for heart failure

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-346

  Stahovich, Marcia ^a   Chillcott, Suzanne ^a   Dembitsky, Walter P ^a  

^a SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge to transplant; Cardiac transplant; Cardiomyopathy; Destination therapy; Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Left ventricular assist system; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACUPRIN 81; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PUMP DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34548673985     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CNQ.0000290367.54998.29     Document Type: Review

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