Quality of life for patients supported on a left ventricular assist device

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-337

  Maciver, Jane ^a   Rao, Vivek ^a   Ross, Heather J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

heart failure; left ventricular assist device; quality of life

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOME PATIENTS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; MECHANICAL PUMP; PRELIMINARY INFORMATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; SURVIVAL TIME; VASCULATURE;

CARDIOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955771070     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.11.9     Document Type: Article

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