title: Foreword. New therapeutic strategies for the medical and surgical management of end-stage heart failure patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klotz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drees
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014850:Waiting Lists