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SUBMITTER: Haeck ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3303031 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haeck M L A ML Hoogslag G E GE Rodrigo S F SF Atsma D E DE Klautz R J RJ van der Wall E E EE Schalij M J MJ Verwey H F HF
Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation 20120401 4
Chronic heart failure is a major healthcare problem associated with high morbidity and mortality. Despite significant progress in treatment strategies, the prognosis of heart failure patients remains poor. The golden standard treatment for heart failure is heart transplantation after failure of medical therapy, surgery and/or cardiac resynchronisation therapy. In order to improve patients' outcome and quality of life, new emerging treatment modalities are currently being investigated, including ...[more]