Stroke while on long-term left ventricular assist device support: Incidence, outcome, and predictors

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 284-289

  Morgan, Jeffrey A ^a   Brewer, Robert J ^a   Nemeh, Hassan W ^a   Gerlach, Brent ^a   Lanfear, David E ^a   Williams, Celeste T ^a   Paone, Gaetano ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; Left ventricular assist device; mechanical circulatory support; stroke

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPLICATIONS; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIOS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD); MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; STROKE;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SILDENAFIL; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; AORTA; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900419726     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000074     Document Type: Article

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