Frailty and the selection of patients for destination therapy left ventricular assist device

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-293

  Flint, Kelsey M ^a   Matlock, Daniel D ^b,d   Lindenfeld, JoAnn ^c   Allen, Larry A ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRIP STRENGTH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 84860796283     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.963215     Document Type: Article

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