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Management of Advanced Heart Failure in the Elderly: Ethics, Economics, and Resource Allocation in the Technological Era

Significant strides have been made in the durability, portability, and safety of mechanical circulatory support devices (MCS). Although transplant is considered the standard treatment for advanced heart failure, limits in organ availability leave a much larger pool of recipients in need versus donor...

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Autores principales: Swetz, Keith M., Stulak, John M., Dunlay, Shannon M., Gafford, Ellin F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/524961