Role of ventricular assist devices in the German heart allocation system

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-33

  Komoda, Takeshi ^a   Drews, Thorsten ^a   Lehmkuhl, Hans B ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Destination therapy; Heart transplantation; High urgency; Organ allocation algorithm; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; GERMANY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33645851617     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-005-0322-z     Document Type: Article

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