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A Cautiously Optimistic Metric for Patients Undergoing Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
David J Kaczorowski1, Danny Chu1
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
JAMA Surgery
|February 22, 2023
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