Emerging roles of left ventricular assist device therapy as bridge to transplant in an Asian city with scarce heart transplant donor

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has been increasingly used in patients with advanced heart failure. This study aimed to assess the impact of implementation of LVAD therapy on heart transplantation (HTx) service in Hong Kong (HK). LVAD program was started in 2010 in HK and patients who had been...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of thoracic disease 2021-10, Vol.13 (10), p.5717-5730
Hauptverfasser:	Wong, Ka-Lam, Ho, Ka Lai Cally, Lee, Oswald Joseph, Lun, Kin Shing, Bhatia, Inderjeet, Tam, Wai Ying Eva, Fan, Yue Yan Katherine, Au, Wing Kuk Timmy
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Original
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