Proximal thoracic aorta dimensions after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation: Longitudinal changes and relation to aortic valve insufficiency

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 423-432

  Fine, Nowell M ^a   Park, Soon J ^b   Stulak, John M ^c   Topilsky, Yan ^d   Daly, Richard C ^c   Joyce, Lyle D ^c   Pereira, Naveen L ^c   Schirger, John A ^c   Edwards, Brooks S ^c   Lin, Grace ^c   Kushwaha, Sudhir S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

aorta; aortic valve insufficiency; heart failure; left ventricular assist device; mechanical circulatory support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL THORACIC AORTA DIMENSION; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84949575734     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.10.029     Document Type: Article

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