title: Frailty in left ventricular assist device destination therapy: putting a new motor in a rickety old car running out of gas?
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Health Services and Nursing Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: fabienne.dobbels@med.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dobbels
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mauthner
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Health Services and Nursing Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Division of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Milisen
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*