Should left ventricular assist device be standard of care for patients with refractory heart failure who are not transplantation candidates?: Left ventricular assist devices should not be standard of care for transplantation-ineligible patients

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3088-3094

  Owens, Anjali Tiku ^a   Jessup, Mariell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 84871328224     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.079319     Document Type: Article

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