Original Article

Advanced Heart Failure Treated with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device

Mark S. Slaughter, M.D., Joseph G. Rogers, M.D., Carmelo A. Milano, M.D., Stuart D. Russell, M.D., John V. Conte, M.D., David Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., Benjamin Sun, M.D., Antone J. Tatooles, M.D., Reynolds M. Delgado, III, M.D., James W. Long, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas C. Wozniak, M.D., Waqas Ghumman, M.D., David J. Farrar, Ph.D., and O. Howard Frazier, M.D. for the HeartMate II Investigators

N Engl J Med 2009; 361:2241-2251December 3, 2009