Less frequent opening of the aortic valve and a continuous flow pump are risk factors for postoperative onset of aortic insufficiency in patients with a left ventricular assist device

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1147-1155

  Hatano, Masaru ^a   Kinugawa, Koichiro ^a   Shiga, Taro ^a   Kato, Naoko ^a   Endo, Miyoko ^a   Hisagi, Motoyuki ^a   Nishimura, Takashi ^a   Yao, Atsushi ^a   Hirata, Yasunobu ^a   Kyo, Shunei ^a   Ono, Minoru ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic insufficiency; Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 79955681801     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-1106     Document Type: Article

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