The ethics of mechanical support: The need for new guidelines

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1939-1942

  Entwistle, John W C ^a   Sade, Robert M ^b   Petrucci, Ralph J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SURVIVAL TIME;

HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 81855228590     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.084     Document Type: Article

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