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Kidney Function Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: An Observational Cohort Study

RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Nearly half the patients with heart failure have chronic kidney disease. Implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) improves kidney function in some but not all patients, and lack of improvement is associated with worse outcomes. Preimplantation factors that p...

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Autores principales: Wettersten, Nicholas, Estrella, Michelle, Brambatti, Michela, Horiuchi, Yu, Adler, Eric, Pretorius, Victor, Murray, Patrick T., Shlipak, Michael, Ix, Joachim H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8178473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34136784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2021.01.009