Quality of life and left ventricular assist device support

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 866-874

  MacIver, Jane ^a   Ross, Heather J ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

heart failure; heart assist devices; quality of life; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIBIDO; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84865270582     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.040279     Document Type: Article

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