TY - GEN AU - Kirklin,James K AU - Naftel,David C AU - Pagani,Francis D AU - Kormos,Robert L AU - Stevenson,Lynne AU - Miller,Marissa AU - Young,James B TI - Long-term mechanical circulatory support (destination therapy): on track to compete with heart transplantation? SN - 1097-685X PY - 2012///1130 KW - Aged KW - Assisted Circulation KW - adverse effects KW - Female KW - Heart Failure KW - mortality KW - Heart Transplantation KW - Heart-Assist Devices KW - Hemodynamics KW - Humans KW - Kaplan-Meier Estimate KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Multivariate Analysis KW - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.) KW - Patient Selection KW - Prosthesis Design KW - Quality of Life KW - Registries KW - Risk Assessment KW - Risk Factors KW - Time Factors KW - Treatment Outcome KW - United States KW - Ventricular Function, Left KW - Ventricular Function, Right KW - Waiting Lists N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.05.044 ER -