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Biventricular thrombosis and survival after two different mechanical supports before heart transplantation
Juan Pablo Ricarte Bratti1, Alexandra Chronopoulos1, Ying Tung Sia1
1Division of Critical Care Montreal Heart Institute Université de Montréal Montreal Canada.
Clinical Case Reports
|July 23, 2020
Abstract:
Patient survival from biventricular thrombosis is possible using mechanical support followed by cardiac transplantation.
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