title: Left ventricular assist devices as alternative to heart transplant. When will they replace allogenic heart transplants?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway, NO-9038 Tromsø, Norway. rbusund@online.no
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Busund
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries