Management of aortic valve insufficiency in patients supported by long-term continuous flow left ventricular assist devices

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1710-1712

  Morgan, Jeffrey A ^a   Brewer, Robert J ^a   Nemeh, Hassan W ^a   Henry, Scott E ^a   Neha, Narula ^a   Williams, Celeste T ^a   Lanfear, David E ^a   Tita, Cristina ^a   Paone, Gaetano ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867812253     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.105     Document Type: Article

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