Matters to address prior to introducing new life support technology in Japan: three serious ethical concerns related to the use of left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy and suggested policies to deal with them

BACKGROUND: Destination therapy (DT) is the permanent implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in patients with end-stage, severe heart failure who are ineligible for heart transplantation. DT improves both the quality of life and prognosis of patients with end-stage heart failure. Ho...

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Autores principales: Asai, Atsushi, Masaki, Sakiko, Okita, Taketoshi, Enzo, Aya, Kadooka, Yasuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29482542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-018-0251-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29482542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-018-0251-z

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