title: Alternatives to Transplantation in the Treatment of Heart Failure: New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Insights.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Via A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicolini
authors.affiliation: Heart Failure Unit, Cardiology Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Piepoli
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA ; DIBINEM, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agnetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siniscalchi
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D014180:Transplantation