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Right ventricular functional analysis utilizing first pass radionuclide angiography for pre-operative ventricular assist device planning: a multi-modality comparison

BACKGROUND: Advanced heart failure treated with a left ventricular assist device is associated with a higher risk of right heart failure. Many advanced heart failures patients are treated with an ICD, a relative contraindication to MRI, prior to assist device placement. Given this limitation, left a...

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Autores principales: Avery, Ryan, Day, Kevin, Jokerst, Clinton, Kazui, Toshinobu, Krupinski, Elizabeth, Khalpey, Zain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5635530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29017566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0652-y