Oral health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure and left ventricular assist devices-results of a cross-sectional study.
Gerhard SchmalzChristian BinnerMirjam EisnerJustus WagnerJosephine RastTanja KottmannRainer HaakSven LehmannMichael A BorgerJens GarbadeDirk ZiebolzPublished in: Clinical oral investigations (2021)
Dental care, with beginning in early stage of HF, should be fostered to preserve teeth and support quality of life before and after LVAD implantation.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- left ventricular
- healthcare
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- heart failure
- physical activity
- acute myocardial infarction
- oral health
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- sentinel lymph node
- aortic stenosis
- risk factors
- mitral valve
- left ventricular assist device
- affordable care act
- radiation therapy
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- lymph node
- coronary artery disease
- cone beam computed tomography
- rectal cancer