Left ventricular assist device placement in a patient with end-stage heart failure and human immunodeficiency virus

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 919-920

  Fieno, David S ^a,b   Czer, Lawrence S ^a,b   Schwarz, Ernst R ^a,b   Simsir, Sinan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Human immunodeficiency virus; Left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; HEPARIN; SODIUM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART SURGERY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70350448839     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.215244     Document Type: Article

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