Obese patients and mechanical circulatory support: Weight loss, adverse events, and outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1420-1426

  Zahr, Firas ^a   Genovese, Elizabeth ^b   Mathier, Michael ^a   Shullo, Michael ^c   Lockard, Kathleen ^d   Zomak, Rachelle ^d   McNamara, Dennis ^a   Toyoda, Yoshiya ^d   Kormos, Robert L ^d   Teuteberg, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics ^*  (United States)

^d Heart Lung and Esophageal Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP DESIGN; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053328823     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.085     Document Type: Article

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