Use of ventricular assist device as a bridge to cardiac transplantation: Impact of age and other determinants on outcomes

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-219

  Kwon, Murray H ^a,b   Moriguchi, Jaime D ^a   Ardehali, Abbas ^a   Jocson, Rhodora ^a   Marelli, Daniel ^a   Laks, Hillel ^a   Shemin, Richard J ^a   Esmailian, Fardad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 62 182 CHS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Heart failure, congestive surgery; Heart transplantation; Heart assist devices statistics numerical data; Multivariate analysis; Retrospective studies; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67650448011     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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