Third INTERMACS annual report: The evolution of destination therapy in the United States

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-123

  Kirklin, James K ^a   Naftel, David C ^a   Kormos, Robert L ^b   Stevenson, Lynne W ^c   Pagani, Francis D ^d   Miller, Marissa A ^e   Ulisney, Karen L ^e   Baldwin, J Timothy ^e   Young, James B ^f  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced heart failure; destination therapy; INTERMACS; LVAD; mechanical circulatory support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVICE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650951866     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. J.K. Kirklin, D.C. Naftel, and L.W. Stevenson INTERMACS: database for durable devices for circulatory support: first annual report J Heart Lung Transplant 27 2008 1065 1072 10
2. J.K. Kirklin, D.C. Naftel, and L.W. Stevenson Second INTERMACS annual report: More than 1,000 primary left ventricular assist device implants J Heart Lung Transplant 29 2010 1 10 1