Outcomes in advanced heart failure patients with left ventricular assist devices for destination therapy.

SJ, Park; CA, Milano; AJ, Tatooles; JG, Rogers; RM, Adamson; DE, Steidley; GA, Ewald; KS, Sundareswaran; DJ, Farrar; MS, Slaughter

doi:10.1161/circheartfailure.111.963991

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Outcomes in advanced heart failure patients with left ventricular assist devices for destination therapy.

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Authors:

Park SJ

Milano CA

Tatooles AJ

Abstract

Background The HeartMate II (HMII) destination therapy (DT) trial demonstrated significant improvements in outcomes in continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices compared with patients implanted with the pulsatile-flow HeartMate XVE. The primary hypothesis of the current study is that trial pat...

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