Effects on pre- and posttransplant pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 447-452

  John, Ranjit ^a   Liao, Kenneth ^a   Kamdar, Forum ^b   Eckman, Peter ^b   Boyle, Andrew ^b   Colvin Adams, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bridge to transplant; BTT; diastolic pulmonary artery pressure; DPAP; left ventricular assist device; LVAD; PH; pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary vascular resistance; PVR; SPAP; systolic pulmonary artery pressure; TPG; transpulmonary gradient

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955471443     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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