Health-related quality of life and exercise tolerance in recipients of heart transplants and left ventricular assist devices: A prospective, comparative study

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-210

  Kugler, Christiane ^a   Malehsa, Doris ^a   Tegtbur, Uwe ^a   Guetzlaff, Elke ^a   Meyer, Anna L ^a   Bara, Christoph ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Strueber, Martin ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

health related quality of life; heart transplantation; left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650950572     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.08.030     Document Type: Article

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