title: Outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries with ventricular assist devices.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Slaughter
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States