Chronotropic incompetence, impaired exercise capacity, and inflammation in recipients of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 930-932

  Grosman Rimon, Liza ^a,b   McDonald, Michael A ^b   Pollock Bar Ziv, Stacey ^a   Jacobs, Ira ^a   Tumiati, Laura C ^b   Cherney, David Z ^c   Rao, Vivek ^b  

^a Faculty of Physical Education and Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECIPIENT;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIAC OUTPUT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881611889     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.05.013     Document Type: Letter

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