Blood pressure control in continuous flow left ventricular assist devices: Efficacy and impact on adverse events

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-146

  Lampert, Brent C ^a   Eckert, Chad ^a   Weaver, Stephanie ^a   Scanlon, Ana ^a   Lockard, Kathy ^a   Allen, Carrie ^a   Kunz, Nicole ^a   Bermudez, Christian ^a   Bhama, Jay K ^a   Shullo, Michael A ^a   Kormos, Robert L ^a   Dew, Mary Amanda ^b   Teuteberg, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LISINOPRIL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84891632660     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.069     Document Type: Article

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