<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nemeh, Hassan W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Smedira, Nicholas G.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mechanical treatment of heart failure: The growing role of LVADs and artificial hearts</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003-03-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">223-233</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">70</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and artificial hearts are improving. These devices can prolong a patient’s life while on a heart transplant list. More exciting, mechanical assistance may provide an opportunity for a damaged heart to recover some function. Still, despite the promise, the use of these devices raises some difficult cost-benefit and ethical questions.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>