Long-Term Use of a Left Ventricular Assist Device for End-Stage Heart Failure

A. Rose, Eric; C. Gelijns, Annetine; J. Moskowitz, Alan; F. Heitjan, Daniel; Warner Stevenson, Lynne; P. Dembitsky, Walter; W. Long, James; D. Ascheim, Deborah; R. Tierney, Anita; G. Levitan, Ronald; T. Watson, John; S. Ronan, Nuala; A. Shapiro, Peter; M. Lazar, Ronald; W. Miller, Leslie; Gupta, Lopa; Frazier, O.H.; Desvigne‐Nickens, Patrice; C. Öz, Mehmet; L. Poirier, Victor; Meier, Paul

doi:10.1056/nejmoa012175

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Long-Term Use of a Left Ventricular Assist Device for End-Stage Heart Failure

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 15, 2001

Authors:

Eric A. Rose

Annetine C. Gelijns

Alan J. Moskowitz

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Implantable left ventricular assist devices have benefited patients with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to cardiac transplantation, but their long-term use for the purpose of enhancing survival and the quality of life has not been evaluated. METHODS: We randomly assigned 129 patient...

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Medicine

Heart failure

Ventricular assist device

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