title: Intervention: LVADs--from an imaginative leap to clinical decision making.
authors.forename: Magdi H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yacoub
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014850:Waiting Lists