Ventricular Assist Devices as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation
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New role of ventricular assist devices as bridge to transplantation: European perspective
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Progress of ventricular assist devices (VAD) technology led to improved survival and apparently low morbidity. However, from the European perspective, updated analysis of EUROMACS reveals a somewhat less impressive picture with respect to mortality and morbidity. RECENT FINDINGS We describe the great demand of cardiac allografts versus the lack of donors, which is larger in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199706000-00007