Frailty in left ventricular assist device destination therapy: putting a new motor in a rickety old car running out of gas?

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Apr;33(4):347-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.02.004. Epub 2014 Feb 12.

Authors

Fabienne Dobbels¹, Oliver Mauthner², Koen Milisen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Health Services and Nursing Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: fabienne.dobbels@med.kuleuven.be.
² Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Health Services and Nursing Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Division of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 24661453
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.02.004

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MeSH terms

Disability Evaluation*
Female
Frail Elderly*
Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis*
Myocardial Ischemia / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*