Assessment of right ventricular function in left ventricular assist device candidates

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 379-389

  Hayek, Salim ^a   Sims, Daniel B ^a   Markham, David W ^a   Butler, Javed ^a   Kalogeropoulos, Andreas P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision Support Techniques; Echocardiography; Heart Failure; Heart Assist Devices; Right Ventricle; Ventricular Assist Device

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN DONOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; RIGHT VENTRICLE; VENTRICULAR-ASSIST DEVICE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84900413388     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001127     Document Type: Article

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