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Editorial
. 2009 Jun;145(6):581-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.04.003.

Randomized trials in surgery

Annetine C Gelijns  1 , Deborah D Ascheim, Michael K Parides, K Craig Kent, Alan J Moskowitz
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Editorial

Randomized trials in surgery

Annetine C Gelijns et al. Surgery. 2009 Jun.
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Kaplan-Meier survival curves for LVAD patients enrolled in 1998--1999 and those enrolled in 2000--2001 in the REMATCH Trial. P = .00293.
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