Right heart failure and "failure to thrive" after left ventricular assist device: Clinical predictors and outcomes

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 888-895

  Baumwol, Jay ^a   MacDonald, Peter S ^a,b   Keogh, Anne M ^a,b   Kotlyar, Eugene ^a   Spratt, Phillip ^a   Jansz, Paul ^a   Hayward, Christopher S ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

heart failure; LVAD; outcome; right heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959939836     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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