Destination nowhere: A potential dilemma with ventricular assist devices

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Bramstedt, Katrina A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CARDIOLOGY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349190514     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181614f18     Document Type: Note

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