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Nature Reviews Cardiology 4, 65–66 (1 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0757

Drug therapy combined with an LVAD can reverse heart failure

Birks EJ et al. (2006) Left ventricular assist device and drug therapy for the reversal of heart failure. N Engl J Med 355: 1873–1884 Use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) can reverse left ventricular remodeling in patients with heart failure, but recovery sufficient to permit explantation has so far been achieved in only a small number of patients.