Beyond survival: Recommendations from INTERMACS for assessing function and quality of life with mechanical circulatory support

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1158-1164

  Grady, Kathleen L ^a   Warner Stevenson, Lynne ^b   Pagani, Francis D ^c   Teuteberg, Jeffrey ^d   Pamboukian, Salpy V ^e   Birks, Emma ^f   Moore, Stephanie ^g   Kirklin, James K ^h  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER;

EID: 84867575710     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.08.020     Document Type: Editorial

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