To explant or not to explant: An invasive and noninvasive monitoring protocol to determine the need of continued ventricular assist device support

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Osaki, Satoru ^a   Sweitzer, Nancy K ^a   Rahko, Peter S ^a   Murray, Margaret A ^a   Hoffmann, Jennifer A ^a   Johnson, Maryl R ^a   Edwards, Niloo M ^a   Kohmoto, Takushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; ENALAPRIL; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILRINONE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65449181968     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2008.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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