Assessment and management of heart failure after left ventricular assist device implantation

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1161-1166

  Burke, Michael A ^a,b   Givertz, Michael M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL; URINE COLOR; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN;

DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896754977     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002836     Document Type: Article

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