Readmissions after ventricular assist device: Etiologies, patterns, and days out of hospital

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1276-1281

  Forest, Stephen J ^a   Bello, Ricardo ^a   Friedmann, Patricia ^a   Casazza, Danielle ^a   Nucci, Cecilia ^a   Shin, Jooyoung J ^a   D'Alessandro, David ^a   Stevens, Gerin ^a   Goldstein, Daniel J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875365155     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.039     Document Type: Article

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