Will modern miniaturized left ventricular assist devices offer a viable alternative to heart transplantation?
Visouli
Aikaterini N
AN
Cardiac Surgery Department, St. Luke's Hospital, Thessaloniki Heart Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Pitsis
Antonis A
AA
D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008904:Miniaturization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*