How does successful bridging with ventricular assist device affect cardiac transplantation outcome?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-409

  Urban, Marian ^a   Pirk, Jan ^a   Dorazilova, Zora ^a   Netuka, Ivan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mechanical support; Transplantation; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BENCHMARKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80053005704     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2011.273722     Document Type: Article

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