Impact of Left Ventricular Assist Device Bridging on Posttransplant Outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1457-1461

  Pal, Jay D ^a   Piacentino, Valentino ^a   Cuevas, Angela D ^a   Depp, Tim ^a   Daneshmand, Mani A ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a   Felker, G Michael ^a   Lodge, Andrew J ^a   Rogers, Joseph G ^a   Milano, Carmelo A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; INOTROPIC AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART INDEX; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449715612     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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