Clinical myocardial recovery during long-term mechanical support in advanced heart failure: Insights into moving the field forward

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 413-420

  Drakos, Stavros G ^a   Mehra, Mandeep R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; mechanical unloading; myocardial recovery; myocardial remodeling; pressure overload; reverse remodeling; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONVALESCENCE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84959148498     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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