Using Echo to Evaluate Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs): Adding Non-Invasive PVR Into the Diagnostic Toolbox

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1063-1066

  Kirkpatrick, James N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASSIST DEVICE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449097620     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.07.015     Document Type: Editorial

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