title: Risk factor analysis for bridge to transplantation with the CardioWest total artificial heart. Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Heart Center Northrhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, Bad Oeynhausen 32545, Germany. rkoerfer@hdz-nrw.de
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koerfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome