Right side of heart failure

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 511-527

  Guglin, Maya ^a   Verma, Sameer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CALCIUM SENSITIZER; CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOSIMENDAN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MILRINONE; NESIRITIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN; SILDENAFIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADAPTATION; AORTA BALLOON; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART GRAFT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY EFFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84862581150     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-011-9272-0     Document Type: Review

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