Use of centrifugal left ventricular assist device as a bridge to candidacy in severe heart failure with secondary pulmonary hypertension

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1237-1242

  Kutty, Ramesh S ^a   Parameshwar, Jayan ^a   Lewis, Clive ^a   Catarino, Pedro A ^a   Sudarshan, Catherine D ^a   Jenkins, David P ^a   Dunningm, John J ^a   Tsui, Steven S ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridge to candidacy; Centrifugal; Heart transplant; Pulmonary hypertension; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

BRIDGE TO CANDIDACY; CENTRIFUGAL; HEART TRANSPLANT; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878172530     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs678     Document Type: Article

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