Management of aortic insufficiency in the continuous flow left ventricular assist device population

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-110

  Holtz, Jonathan ^a   Teuteberg, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic insufficiency; Aortic valve replacement repair; Continuous flow; End stage heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Mechanical circulatory support; Valvular disorder

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROGNOSIS; SHEAR STRESS;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84896699157     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-013-0172-6     Document Type: Article

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