Low cardiac output associated with ventricular tachyarrhythmias in continuous-flow LVAD recipients with a concomitant ICD (LoCo VT Study)

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 318-320

  Cantillon, Daniel J ^a   Saliba, Walid I ^a   Wazni, Oussama M ^a   Kanj, Mohamed ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a   Wilson Tang, W H ^a   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84894310066     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.11.005     Document Type: Letter

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