QUALITY OF LIFE &COST ANALYSIS OF LONG TERM SUPPORTER IMPLANTABLE LVAD PATIENTS

  • Levine, Howard (PI)

Project: Research project

Project Details

Description

LVAD placement in end-stage CHF patients 1) dramatically reduces mortality and improves Quality of Life (QOL) in patients too unstable to await cardiac transplantation, 2) achieves a degree of improvement in QOL comparable to transplantation, and 3) involves similar reource expenditures and quality and duration of time gained in survival.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date10/1/959/30/99

Funding

  • National Center for Research Resources

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Transplantation
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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