| Literature DB >> 21236640 |
Ravi Rasalingam1, Stephanie N Johnson, Kyle R Bilhorn, Pei-Hsiu Huang, Majesh Makan, Nader Moazami, Julio E Pérez.
Abstract
An increasing number of patients are implanted with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) for the treatment of severe congestive heart failure. In parallel with this growing experience has been an increase in knowledge of how these devices alter cardiac physiology and the important implications this has for cardiac function. Echocardiography offers the ability to provide serial noninvasive evaluation before and after LVAD implantation to document these changes, guide management decisions, and identify LVAD dysfunction. The authors detail a comprehensive assessment of LVAD function by transthoracic echocardiography.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21236640 DOI： 10.1016/j.echo.2010.11.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Soc Echocardiogr ISSN： 0894-7317 Impact factor: 5.251