Will destination therapy be limited to large transplant centers?

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 562-564

  Slaughter, Mark S ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Circulatory support, mechanical; Continental population groups; Healthcare disparities; Heart failure epidemiology surgery therapy; Heart assist devices utilization; Transplantation, heart; Ventricular dysfunction, left therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449256528     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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