A nursing student is caring for a client with end-stage cardiomyopathy. The client's spouse asks the nurse to clarify one of the last treatment options available that the physician mentioned earlier. After checking with the primary nurse, the nursing student would most likely discuss which of the following?
a) Open commissurotomy
b) Left ventricular assist device
c) Annuloplasty
d) Chordoplasty
Answer: Left ventricular assist device