A bridge far enough?

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3069-3072

  Stevenson, Lynne Warner ^a   Hunt, Sharon A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; heart failure; heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CENTRIFUGE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DEVICE APPROVAL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84863205255     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.111948     Document Type: Review

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