Assessment of cardiac function during mechanical circulatory support: The quest for a suitable clinical index

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 223-226

  Ferreira, Antonio L ^a,d   Wang, Yajuan ^b   Gorcsan, John ^c   Antaki, James F ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CLINICAL INDICES; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; END-DIASTOLIC; HEART RATES; IN-VIVO; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; NEW INDICES; PRESSURE-BASED; PUMP FLOW; SYSTOLIC PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

PUMPS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84861940272     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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