Frailty and outcomes after implantation of left ventricular assist device as destination therapy

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 359-365

  Dunlay, Shannon M ^a,b   Park, Soon J ^c   Joyce, Lyle D ^a   Daly, Richard C ^a   Stulak, John M ^a   McNallan, Sheila M ^b   Roger, Véronique L ^a,b   Kushwaha, Sudhir S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Department of Health Sciences Research ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

destination; frailty; heart failure; left ventricular assist device; mortality; readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897060440     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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