title: Saved Lives at Risk in the Middle East.
abstract: In the Middle East, heart failure prevalence seems to be high as the rest of the world. Few countries in the region recently have started implanting left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), basically as destination therapy. Terrorism and terrorist activities have been expanded worldwide especially in this part of the world. We present a case that highlights the relation between suicide bombers and LVAD patients.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon; †National Heart, Lung & Transplant Institute, An-Najah National University Hospital, and ‡Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Skouri
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shurrab
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haj-Yahia
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008877:Middle East; D012306:Risk; D013405:Suicide; D023481:Terrorism