Economics of ventricular assist devices: European view

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Beyersdorf, Friedhelm ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EUROPE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 0035106005     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02617-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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