Monitoring pulmonary pressures during long‐term continuous‐flow left ventricular assist device and fixed pulmonary hypertension: redefining alleged pathophysiological mechanisms?

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) type II (classified by the World Health Organization) is a common complication in chronic left‐sided heart failure. In advanced heart failure therapy, fixed PH is an absolute contraindication for heart transplantation after which a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is...

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Autores principales: De Bakker, Chantal C., Veenis, Jesse F., Manintveld, Olivier C., Constantinescu, Alina A., Caliskan, K., den Uil, Corstiaan A., Brugts, Jasper J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7160469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32022460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12594

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