Regression of "fixed" pulmonary vascular resistance in heart transplant candidates after unloading with ventricular assist devices

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 747-749

  Beyersdorf, Friedhelm ^a   Schlensak, Christian ^a   Berchtold Herz, Michael ^a   Trummer, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ILOPROST; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL; URAPIDIL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; COMPLICATION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG CIRCULATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77956793797     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.05.042     Document Type: Editorial

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