NHLBI’s Program for VAD Therapy for Moderately Advanced Heart Failure: The REVIVE-IT Pilot Trial

Abstract Background Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are used to bridge heart failure patients to transplantation, to allow their own hearts to recover, or as permanent (“destination”) therapy. To date, the use of VADs has been limited to late-stage heart failure patients because of the associated...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of cardiac failure 2010-11, Vol.16 (11), p.855-858
Hauptverfasser:	Baldwin, J. Timothy, PhD, Mann, Douglas L., MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiovascular destination therapy functional impairment Heart Failure - mortality Heart Failure - surgery Heart-Assist Devices Humans Mechanical circulatory support Pilot Projects quality of life Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - methods Severity of Illness Index
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