Circulatory support in elderly chronic heart failure patients using the circulite® synergy® system

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-212

  Barbone, Alessandro ^a   Pini, Daniela ^a   Rega, Filip ^b   Ornaghi, Diego ^a   Vitali, Ettore ^a   Meyns, Bart ^b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elderly; Haemodynamic; Heart failure; LVAD; Partial ventricular support

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ELDERLY; HAEMODYNAMIC; HEART FAILURE; LVAD; PARTIAL VENTRICULAR SUPPORT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880648533     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt041     Document Type: Article

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