Cardiac transplant or rotary blood pump: Contemporary evidence

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-31

  Westaby, Stephen ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD PUMP; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; GOLD STANDARD; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871200660     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.048     Document Type: Editorial

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