005 FIFTEEN YEAR EXPERIENCE OF BRIDGING TO HEART TRANSPLANTATION WITH VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES
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Three-year outcomes with left ventricular assist devices in country with restricted heart transplantation
Background/Introduction As a consequence of limited donor availability, there has been a growing interest for alternative strategies, such as left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) as either a bridge to transplantation (BTT) or as destination therapy (DT) for the treatment of the advanced heart failure. The heart transplant program in Kazakhstan is in a nascent stage and therefore patients that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1355-6037,1468-201X
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304019.5