Ideal methodology to assess systemic blood pressure in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 593-594

  Bennett, Mosi K ^a   Roberts, Celine A ^a   Dordunoo, Dzifa ^a   Shah, Ashish ^a   Russell, Stuart D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETER; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFDT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LETTER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

ADULT; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77950520808     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.11.604     Document Type: Letter

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