| Literature DB >> 26856675 |
Jonathan Neyer1, Reza Arsanjani1, Jaime Moriguchi2, Robert Siegel1, Jon Kobashigawa1.
Abstract
Left ventricular assist devices improve functional class and survival in selected patients with advanced heart failure, but right ventricular failure after surgery remains common and challenging to predict. Pre-operative echocardiography provides important information in the evaluation of patients before device implant. This review summarizes the data on this complex topic.Entities:
Keywords: echocardiography; left ventricular assist device; patient evaluation; right ventricular failure; survival
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26856675 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.12.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Heart Lung Transplant ISSN: 1053-2498 Impact factor: 10.247