Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Patients With End-Stage Heart Failure

Volume: 65, Issue: 10, Pages: 861 - 868
Published: Jan 29, 2014
Abstract
Encouraging results were obtained by using left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) in patients with end-stage heart failure (HF) that exhibits extremely high mortality and who were not candidates for heart transplantation. By using this so-called destination therapy (DT), a substantial percentage of these patients achieved sufficient improvement in cardiac function to permit the explantation of the device. The combination of mechanical and...
Paper Details
Title
Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Patients With End-Stage Heart Failure
Published Date
Jan 29, 2014
Journal
Volume
65
Issue
10
Pages
861 - 868
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