INTERMACS (Interagency registry for mechanically assisted circulatory support): A new paradigm for translating registry data into clinical practice

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 738-740

  Miller, Marissa A ^a   Ulisney, Karen ^a   Baldwin, J Timothy ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; CMS; FDA; Food and Drug Administration; Institute of Medicine; IOM; MCS; mechanical circulatory support; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; NHLBI; randomized clinical trial; RCT

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77955900386     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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