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Association of global and disease-specific health status with outcomes following continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

BACKGROUND: The prognostic value of heart failure specific and global health status before and after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation in the usual care setting is not well studied. METHODS: We included 3,836 continuous-flow LVAD patients in the INTERMACS registry. Health status was...

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Autores principales: Flint, Kelsey M., Spertus, John A., Tang, Fengming, Jones, Philip, Fendler, Timothy J., Allen, Larry A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28288574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0510-9