A simplified echocardiographic technique for detecting continuous-flow left ventricular assist device malfunction due to pump thrombosis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 575-586

  Estep, Jerry D ^a   Vivo, Rey P ^a,b   Cordero Reyes, Andrea M ^a   Bhimaraj, Arvind ^a   Trachtenberg, Barry H ^a   Torre Amione, Guillermo ^a,c   Chang, Su Min ^a   Elias, Barbara ^a   Bruckner, Brian A ^a   Suarez, Erik E ^a   Loebe, Matthias ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; echocardiography; heart failure; left ventricular assist device; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DEVICE FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84901287457     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.865     Document Type: Article

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