Right heart failure in the intensive care unit

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 424-431

  Greyson, Clifford R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cor pulmonale; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOSIMENDAN; SILDENAFIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG CIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFUSION; REVIEW; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84865965158     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283577070     Document Type: Review

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