Ventricular assist devices for all?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 918-919

  Krabatsch, Thomas ^a   Potapov, Evgenij ^a   Knosalla, Christoph ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart transplant; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; DEVICE APPROVAL; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873151364     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs487     Document Type: Editorial

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