title: After-hour ventricular assist device coverage: what level of expertise is required?
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Saraswat
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ullrich
authors.forename: Claude A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Beaty
authors.forename: Stuart D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Glenn J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Whitman
mesh_terms: D039602:After-Hours Care / Q000592:standards*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D015277:Hotlines / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies