Clinical impact of atrial fibrillation in patients with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1883-1890

  Enriquez, Alan D ^a   Calenda, Brandon ^b   Gandhi, Parul U ^b   Nair, Ajith P ^b   Anyanwu, Anelechi C ^b   Pinney, Sean P ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left ventricular assist device; thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CRYOSURGERY DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84908370862     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.989     Document Type: Article

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