The Effect of Age on Non-Invasive Hemodynamics in Chronic Heart Failure Patients on Left-Ventricular Assist Device Support: A Pilot Study.

Else-Marie van de VreedeFloor van den BergParsa JahangiriKadir CaliskanFrancesco U S Mattace-Raso

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

Older LVAD patients have a significantly higher heart rate, heart rate-adjusted augmentation index, and pulse wave velocity and a significantly lower stroke volume compared to participants aged < 55 years. The pulsatile component of blood pressure was decreased in patients with adverse events.

Keyphrases

heart rate
blood pressure
heart rate variability
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
left ventricular assist device
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
atrial fibrillation
hypertensive patients
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
patient reported outcomes