title: Using echo to evaluate patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs): adding non-invasive PVR into the diagnostic toolbox.
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult