Outcomes in advanced heart failure patients with left ventricular assist devices for destination therapy

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-248

  Park, Soon J ^a   Milano, Carmelo A ^c   Tatooles, Antone J ^d   Rogers, Joseph G ^c   Adamson, Robert M ^e   Steidley, D Eric ^b   Ewald, Gregory A ^f   Sundareswaran, Kartik S ^b   Farrar, David J ^b   Slaughter, Mark S ^g  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Duke University ^*

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; HeartMate II; Mechanical circulatory support; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860820973     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.963991     Document Type: Article

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