title: Implantable left ventricular assist device bridge-to-transplantation: natural selection, or is this the natural selection?.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D004869:Equipment Safety; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology