Patients with low compared with high body mass index gain more weight after implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-35

  Emani, Sitaramesh ^a   Brewer, Robert J ^b   John, Ranjit ^c   Slaughter, Mark S ^d   Lanfear, David E ^b   Ravi, Yazhini ^a   Sundareswaran, Kartik S ^e   Farrar, David J ^e   Sai Sudhakar, Chittoor B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; cachexia; continuous flow; left ventricular assist device; nutrition; obesity; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84871371697     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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