Does pulsatility matter in the era of continuous-flow blood pumps?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 999-1004

  Moazami, Nader ^a,b   Dembitsky, Walter P ^c   Adamson, Robert ^c   Steffen, Robert J ^a   Soltesz, Edward G ^a   Starling, Randall C ^b   Fukamachi, Kiyotaka ^b  

^a Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous flow; LVAD; LVAD complications; mechanical circulatory support; pulsatility

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BLOOD PUMP; CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DYNAMICS; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LUNG CIRCULATION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRATE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PULSATILE FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84943536768     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.09.012     Document Type: Editorial

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