Impact of tricuspid valve annulus dilation on mid-term survival after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 967-971

  Kukucka, Marian ^a   Stepanenko, Alexander ^a   Potapov, Evgenij ^a   Krabatsch, Thomas ^a   Kuppe, Hermann ^a   Habazettl, Helmut ^a,b  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

end stage heart failure; LVAD; mid term survival; RV failure; secondary pulmonary hypertension; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRICUSPID VALVE ANNULUS DILATION; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84864945984     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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