Evaluation of Risk Indices in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1889-1896

  Schaffer, Justin M ^a   Allen, Jeremiah G ^a   Weiss, Eric S ^a   Patel, Nishant D ^a   Russell, Stuart D ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a   Conte, John V ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

APACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749099231     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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