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- Title
Using ventricular assist devices as long-term therapy for heart failure.
- Authors
Skolnick, Andrew A.; Skolnick, A A
- Abstract
Discusses a study to determine if ventricular assist devices (VAD) are an effective long-term treatment for patients with advanced congestive heart failure (CHF). Details on the trial, called REMATCH (for Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance and Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure); Comments by Dr. Eric A. Rose; Costs of keeping patients on a VAD.
- Subjects
CONGESTIVE heart failure; LONG-term health care; PATIENTS; HEART failure treatment; HEART assist devices; CLINICAL trials; HEART failure; ECONOMICS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1998, Vol 279, Issue 19, p1509
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.279.19.1509