Relation between pressure and volume unloading during ramp testing in patients supported with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 307-312

  Jung, Mette H ^a   Hassager, Christian ^a   Balling, Louise ^a   Russell, Stuart D ^b   Boesgaard, Soeren ^a   Gustafsson, Finn ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted circulation physiology; heart failure; hemodynamics; left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HEMODYNAMICS; UNLOADING;

ASSIST DEVICE; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; END-DIASTOLIC; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR; PRESSURE VOLUME RELATIONS; REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTES;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICLE END DIASTOLIC DIAMETER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; RAMP TESTING; REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE;

EID: 84937632102     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000194     Document Type: Article

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