Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 568-576 , September 2006

Noninvasive Calibration of Cardiac Pressure Transducers in Patients With Heart Failure: An Aid to Implantable Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapeutic Guidance

  • Dougal Mcclean, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and the Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Joseph Aragon, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and the Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Aamer Jamali, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and the Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Saibal Kar, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and the Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Jay Ritzema-Carter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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  • Richard Troughton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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  • Henry Krum, MD

      Affiliations

    • Monash University and the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Robert Doughty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • William T. Abraham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Divison of Cardiology, The Ohio State University School of Medicine
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  • James S. Whiting, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and the Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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  • Neal Eigler, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and the Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Neal Eigler, MD, 10780 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 401, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Received 14 July 2005 ,Revised 25 March 2006 ,Accepted 1 June 2006.

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 SK, JSW, and NE were shareholders of the Study Sponsor, Savacor, Inc. JSW and NE were corporate officers.

PII: S1071-9164(06)00280-6

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.06.002

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 568-576 , September 2006

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