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Author Spotlight: Enhancing Graft Viability Assessment Through Quantitative Metrics and Innovative Reservoir Systems
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Optimizing outcomes in heart transplantation: multidisciplinary Heart Teams and mechanical circulatory support for

Assad Haneya1, Pia Lanmüller2,3, Bernd Panholzer4

  • 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Centre Trier, Barmherzigen Brueder Hospital, Nordallee 1, Trier 54292, Germany.

European Heart Journal Supplements : Journal of the European Society of Cardiology
|April 30, 2025
PubMed

Keywords:
Advanced heart failureHeart TeamHeart transplantationMechanical circulatory supportMultidisciplinary carePrimary graft dysfunction

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