title: Staged cardiac transplantation: use of mechanical circulatory support devices including the total artificial heart as 'bridges' to cardiac transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cooley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001243:Assisted Circulation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged