Usefulness of right ventricular contraction pressure index to predict short-term mortality and right heart failure in patients who underwent continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation.

Koray KalenderogluTolga Sinan GüvençMüge Taşdemir MeteHüseyin KuplaySemra AğustosÖzge Çalbayram GüzelburçÖzlem YıldırımtürkÖmer KozanSerap Aykut Aka

Published in: The International journal of artificial organs (2019)

Right ventricular contraction pressure index was found as a useful parameter for determining short-term postoperative mortality in patients undergoing continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation.

Keyphrases

left ventricular assist device
patients undergoing
heart failure
cardiovascular events
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
risk factors
prognostic factors
left ventricular
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes