Long‐term outcomes of elderly patients receiving continuous flow left ventricular support

Background Heart failure is an epidemic affecting over 6 million people in the United States. Eighty percent of all heart failure patients are older than 65 years of age. Heart transplant is the gold standard treatment for patients suffering advanced heart failure, but only 18.5% of patients receivi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of cardiac surgery 2020-12, Vol.35 (12), p.3405-3408
Hauptverfasser:	Brozzi, Nicolas A., Cifuentes, Renzo O., Saba, Isabela C., Macon, Conrad, Ghodsizad, Ali, Andreopoulos, Fotios, Loebe, Matthias
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Heart Failure - therapy Heart Transplantation Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging Heart Ventricles - surgery Heart-Assist Devices Humans left ventricular support LVAD Retrospective Studies Treatment Outcome United States - epidemiology
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