Comparison of right and left ventricular responses to left ventricular assist device support in patients with severe heart failure - A primary role of mechanical unloading underlying reverse remodeling
Comparison of right and left ventricular responses to left ventricular assist device support in patients with severe heart failure - A primary role of mechanical unloading underlying reverse remodeling
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DOI:
10.1161/hc3101.093903
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发表时间:
2001-08-07
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Burkhoff, D
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作者:
Barbone, A;Holmes, JW;Burkhoff, D
Background-Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) reverse ventricular, myocardial, and systemic abnormalities characteristic of severe heart failure (reverse remodeling). The relative contributions of hemodynamic unloading and normalized biochemical milieu to reverse remodeling are unknown.Methods and Results-Structural and functional characteristics were measured from 53 hearts of patients undergoing transplantation without LVAD support (medical support) and 33 hearts from patients receiving a median of 46 days of LVAD support (range, 8 to 360 days). Compared with medical support alone, patients receiving LVAD support for greater than or equal to 30 days had higher central venous pressures (11 +/-6 versus 8 +/-5 mmHg, P=0.04), lower pulmonary artery diastolic pressures (14 +/-9 versus 21 +/-9 mm Hg, P= 0.01), and higher cardiac outputs (5.1 +/-1.6 versus 3.7 +/-1.0 L/min, P