Does a left ventricular assist device improve survival and quality of life in patients with advanced heart failure who are not candidates for cardiac transplantation?
Patients with advanced heart failure who are not candidates for cardiac transplantation
Left ventricular assist device (long-term use)
Survival and quality of lifehard clinical
Long-term use of a left ventricular assist device provides a survival benefit and improves quality of life in advanced heart failure patients ineligible for transplant.
The use of a left ventricular assist device in patients with advanced heart failure resulted in a clinically meaningful survival benefit and an improved quality of life. A left ventricular assist device is an acceptable alternative therapy in selected patients who are not candidates for cardiac transplantation.
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Rose et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
synapsesocial.com/papers/69d195dfd654b3be6a9203b9 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa012175
Eric A. Rose
Royal College of Physicians
Annetine C. Gelijns
Heart Failure & Transplant
Alan J. Moskowitz
Heart Failure & Transplant
New England Journal of Medicine
Columbia University
Brigham and Women's Hospital
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
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