Left ventricular assist device in patients with body mass index greater than 30 as bridge to weight loss and heart transplant candidacy

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3575-3579

  Yanagida, R ^a   Czer, L S C ^a   Mirocha, J ^a   Rafiei, M ^a   Esmailian, F ^a   Moriguchi, J ^a   Kobashigawa, J A ^a   Trento, A ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURVIVOR; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84926320392     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.09.108     Document Type: Article

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