title: Should it stay or should it go?
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; and the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: smedirn@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Nicholas G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Smedira
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left