Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1149-

  Landzaat, Lindy H ^a   Sinclair, Christian T ^b   Rosielle, Drew A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77950262719     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0912930     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Slaughter MS, Rogers JG, Milano CA, et al. Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. N Engl J Med 2009;361:2241-2251
2. Rosielle D. Rise of the machines. In: Rosielle D, Sinclair C, eds. Pallimed: a hospice & palliative medicine blog. (Accessed March 4, 2010, at http://www.pallimed.org/2009/12/rise-of-machines. html.)
3. Rizzieri AG, Verheijde JL, Rady MY, McGregor JL. Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine. August 11, 2009. (Accessed March 4, 2010, at http://www.peh-med.com/content/3/1/20.)