Ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular assist device implantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1246-1252

  Refaat, Marwan ^a   Chemaly, Elie ^b   Lebeche, Djamel ^b   Gwathmey, Judith K ^c   Hajjar, Roger J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Congestive heart failure; Electrophysiology; VT

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALSEQUESTRIN; CONNECTIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; LAMININ; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; TROPONIN T; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; COHORT STUDIES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51849159692     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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