Outpatient left ventricular assist device support: A destination rather than a bridge

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 646-653

  Catanese, Katharine A ^a,b   Goldstein, Daniel J ^a   Williams, Deborah L ^a   Foray, Ann T ^a   Illick, Christopher D ^a   Gardocki, Michael T ^a   Weinberg, Alan D ^a   Levin, Howard R ^a   Rose, Eric A ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Milstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEVICE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030248076     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00456-0     Document Type: Article

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