Long-term use of a left ventricular assist device for end-stage heart failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 1435-1443

  Rose, Eric A ^a   Gelijns, Annetine C ^b   Moskowitz, Alan J ^c   Heitjan, Daniel F ^d   Stevenson, Lynne W ^e   Dembitsky, Walter ^f   Long, James W ^g   Ascheim, Deborah D ^h   Tierney, Anita R ^g   Levitan, Ronald G ⁱ   Watson, John T ^a   Ronan, Nuala S ^a   Shapiro, Peter A ^f   Lazar, Ronald M ^g   Miller, Leslie W ^a   Gupta, Lopa ^j   Desvigne Nickens, Patrice ^a   Meier, Paul ^a   Howard Frazier, O ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a   Poirier, Victor L ^k   more..

^a Washington Eye Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g University of Minnesota ^*

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

^k Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035892018     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa012175     Document Type: Article

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