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Ethical challenges with the left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy

The left ventricular assist device was originally designed to be surgically implanted as a bridge to transplantation for patients with chronic end-stage heart failure. On the basis of the REMATCH trial, the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services appro...

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Autores principales: Rizzieri, Aaron G, Verheijde, Joseph L, Rady, Mohamed Y, McGregor, Joan L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18694496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1747-5341-3-20