Heart Failure's Near Dead and Dying. Reconsidering Our Heart Transplant Wait List Scheme**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1291-1293

  Young, James B ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34548629948     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.07.008     Document Type: Editorial

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