Increased right-to-left ventricle diameter ratio is a strong predictor of right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 792-799

  Vivo, Rey P ^a,c   Cordero Reyes, Andrea M ^a   Qamar, Umair ^a   Garikipati, Sireesha ^a,c   Trevino, Alejandro R ^a   Aldeiri, Molham ^a,c   Loebe, Matthias ^b   Bruckner, Brian A ^b   Torre Amione, Guillermo ^d   Bhimaraj, Arvind ^a   Trachtenberg, Barry H ^a   Estep, Jerry D ^a  

^a Section of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey   (Mexico)

Author keywords

echocardiography outcomes; left ventricular assist device; right ventricular failure; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; OUTCOMES; RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE; RISK STRATIFICATION;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84880295204     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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