PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nemeh, Hassan W.
AU  - Smedira, Nicholas G.
TI  - Mechanical treatment of heart failure: The growing role of LVADs and artificial hearts
DP  - 2003 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 223--233
VI  - 70
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/3/223.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/3/223.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Mar 01; 70
AB  - Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and artificial hearts are improving. These devices can prolong a patient’s life while on a heart transplant list. More exciting, mechanical assistance may provide an opportunity for a damaged heart to recover some function. Still, despite the promise, the use of these devices raises some difficult cost-benefit and ethical questions.