Who wants a left ventricular assist device for ambulatory heart failure? Early insights from the MEDAMACS screening pilot

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1630-1633

  Stewart, Garrick C ^a   Kittleson, Michelle M ^b   Cowger, Jennifer A ^c   Johnson, Frances L ^d   Patel, Chetan B ^e   Mountis, Maria M ^f   Patel, Parag C ^g   Rame, J Eduardo ^h   Testani, Jeffrey ^h   Guglin, Maya E ⁱ   Teuteberg, Jeffrey J ^j   Stevenson, Lynne W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84951574316     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.07.009     Document Type: Letter

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