title: Should left ventricular assist device be standard of care for patients with refractory heart failure who are not transplantation candidates?: left ventricular assist devices should not be standard of care for transplantation-ineligible patients.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Anjali Tiku
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: Mariell
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jessup
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D059039:Standard of Care