Functional improvement after ventricular assist device implantation: Is ventricular recovery more common than we thought?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1995-1997

  Adler, Eric ^a   Silva Enciso, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac recovery; left ventricular assist device; mechanical unloading; myocardial function; myocardial structure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

EID: 84877267954     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.019     Document Type: Editorial

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