Left ventricular assist device and bariatric surgery: A bridge to heart transplant by weight and waiting time reduction

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 120-122

  Jeng, Eric I ^a   Aranda, Juan M ^b   Ahmed, Mustafa ^b   Klodell, Charles T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; THERMODILUTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WAITING LISTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84957839028     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12688     Document Type: Article

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