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Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 365-369 , April 2003

Destination mechanical circulatory support: proposal for clinical standards

M.C Deng, MD
- Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Reprint requests: Mario C. Deng, MD, The Heart Failure Center and Division of Circulatory Physiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Milstein Hospital Building, Room 5-407, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York, USA 10032. Telephone: 212-305-0200. Fax: 212-305-7439.
J.B Young, MD
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
L.W Stevenson, MD
- Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
M.C Oz, MD
- Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
E.A Rose, MD
- Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
S.A Hunt, MD
- Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
J.K Kirklin, MD
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Kobashigawa, MD
- University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
L Miller, MD
- University of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
M Saltzberg, MD
- Midwest Heart Specialists, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
M Konstam, MD
- Tufts–Northeast Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
P.M Portner, MD, PhD
- Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
R Kormos, MD
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Received 7 February 2002

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