Success of left ventricular assist device therapy in uninsured patients

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 20;177(3):1087-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.001. Epub 2014 Oct 7.

Authors

Navin Rajagopalan¹, Maya Guglin², Kim Million², Roh Yanagida², Charles W Hoopes²

Affiliations

¹ Gill Heart Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States. Electronic address: n.rajagopalan@uky.edu.
² Gill Heart Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.

PMID: 25456705
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Health insurance; Heart failure; Ventricular assist device.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Cohort Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure / economics*
Heart Failure / epidemiology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Ventricles
Heart-Assist Devices / economics*
Heart-Assist Devices / trends
Humans
Male
Medically Uninsured*
Middle Aged
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / economics*
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / trends
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate / trends
United States / epidemiology