Is bridge to recovery more likely with pulsatile left ventricular assist devices than with nonpulsatile-flow systems?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1335-1340

  Krabatsch, Thomas ^a   Schweiger, Martin ^a   Dandel, Michael ^a   Stepanenko, Alexander ^a   Drews, Thorsten ^a   Potapov, Evgenij ^a   Pasic, Miralem ^a   Weng, Yu Guo ^a   Huebler, Michael ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUNTERPULSATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955441464     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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