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Efficacy of Prolonged Impella 5.5 Support as Bridge to Heart Transplantation: Current Concepts and Future Direction
Omar M Sharaf1, Yusuf Mehkri1, Eric I Jeng2
1Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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