Right heart failure after left ventricular assist device implantation: Early and late

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 296-300

  MacGowan, Guy A ^a   Schueler, Stephan ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

early; late; left ventricular assist device; right heart failure

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84859922823     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e3283511e60     Document Type: Review

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