Change in health-related quality of life from before to after destination therapy mechanical circulatory support is similar for older and younger patients: Analyses from INTERMACS

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-221

  Grady, Kathleen L ^a   Naftel, David C ^b   Myers, Susan ^b   Dew, Mary Amanda ^c   Weidner, Gerdi ^d   Spertus, John A ^e   Idrissi, Katharine ^f   Lee, Hochang B ^g   McGee, Edwin C ^h   Kirklin, James K ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

age; destination therapy; left ventricular assist devices; mechanical circulatory support; quality of life; ventricular assist devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESTINATION THERAPY LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; DESTINATION THERAPY MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923009445     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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