	What is Heart Failure?

	Left Ventricular Assist Systems (LVAS)

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Related Links

The Internet provides numerous resources for finding information about congestive heart failure (CHF). Below are a few of the many websites that provide helpful information on heart failure and related topics.

American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org)

American Society of Artificial Implantable Organs (ASAIO) (www.asaio.com)

European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons (EACTS) (www.eacts.org)

European Society of Artificial Organs (ESAO) (www.esao.org)

European Society of Cardiology (www.escardio.org)

EuroTransplant (www.eurotransplant.nl)

French Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (FSTCVS) (www.fstcvs.org)

German Cardiac Society (DGK) (www.dgk.org)

German Organ Transplantation Society (www.d-t-g-online.de)

German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (www.gstcvs.org)

Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) (www.abouthf.org)

International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) (www.ishlt.org)

International Society of Rotary Blood Pumps (ISRBP) (www.isrbp.org)