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The Unique Blood Pressures and Pulsatility of LVAD Patients: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities

An increasing number of end-stage heart failure patients are now implanted with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs). Although this therapeutic approach is associated with improved clinical outcomes, continuous flow physiology reduces arterial pulse pressure and pulsatility to...

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Autores principales: Castagna, Francesco, Stöhr, Eric J., Pinsino, Alberto, Cockcroft, John R., Willey, Joshua, Reshad Garan, A., Topkara, Veli K., Colombo, Paolo C., Yuzefpolskaya, Melana, McDonnell, Barry J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5645430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29043581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-017-0782-6