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Left ventricular dysfunction in potential heart donors after brain death: When is it reversible?
Brian Wayda1, Helen Luikart2, Yingjie Weng3
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
European Journal of Heart Failure
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