title: Should left ventricular assist device should be standard of care for patients with refractory heart failure who are not transplantation candidates?: left ventricular assist devices should be considered standard of care for patients with refractory heart failure who are not transplantation candidates.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, A3, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mmehra@partners.org
authors.forename: Mandeep R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Domanski
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D059039:Standard of Care