Echocardiographic markers of left ventricular unloading using a centrifugal-flow rotary pump

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Apr;33(4):449-50. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.12.013. Epub 2013 Dec 27.

Authors

Andrew J Sauer¹, Karen Meehan², Robert Gordon¹, Travis Abicht², Jonathan D Rich¹, Allen S Anderson¹, Clyde Yancy¹, Edwin C McGee Jr²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology.
² Cardiac Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

PMID: 24480249
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.12.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Algorithms
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Cardiac Volume / physiology
Diastole / physiology
Echocardiography*
Female
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Heart-Assist Devices*
Hemodynamics / physiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / physiopathology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology
Myocardial Ischemia / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Prosthesis Design*
Retrospective Studies
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / surgery*