Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-148

  Rasalingam, Ravi ^a   Johnson, Stephanie N ^b   Bilhorn, Kyle R ^b   Huang, Pei Hsiu ^a   Makan, Majesh ^a   Moazami, Nader ^c   Pérez, Julio E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Mechanical circulatory support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79551544166     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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