title: UNOS status of heart transplant patients supported with a left ventricular assist device: is it time to reconsider the status criteria?
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA. mark.slaughter@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Slaughter
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014481:United States; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D014850:Waiting Lists