Mechanical cardiac support: Is the bridge a destination when you're stuck on it?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-178

  Mills, Roger M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037366167     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.70.3.177     Document Type: Editorial

References (2)

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2. Rose EA, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, et al. Long-term mechanical left ventricular assistance for end-stage heart failure. N Engl J Med 2001; 345:1435-1443.