Destination therapy: One-year outcomes in patients with a body mass index greater than 30

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-97

  Coyle, Laura A ^a   Ising, Mickey S ^b   Gallagher, Colleen ^a   Bhat, Geetha ^a   Kurien, Sudha ^a   Sobieski, Michael A ^a   Slaughter, Mark S ^b  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Destination therapy; Left ventricular assist device; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HEART; NUTRITION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BODY MASS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY MASS INDICES (BMI); DESTINATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MASS INDEX; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DESTINATION THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77149123653     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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