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Editorial

. 2009 Dec 3;361(23):2282-5.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMe0910394. Epub 2009 Nov 17.

Rise of the machines--left ventricular assist devices as permanent therapy for advanced heart failure

PMID: 19920052
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0910394

Editorial

Rise of the machines--left ventricular assist devices as permanent therapy for advanced heart failure

James C Fang. N Engl J Med. 2009.

. 2009 Dec 3;361(23):2282-5.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMe0910394. Epub 2009 Nov 17.

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PMID: 19920052
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0910394

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Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.
Slaughter MS, Rogers JG, Milano CA, Russell SD, Conte JV, Feldman D, Sun B, Tatooles AJ, Delgado RM 3rd, Long JW, Wozniak TC, Ghumman W, Farrar DJ, Frazier OH; HeartMate II Investigators. Slaughter MS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 3;361(23):2241-51. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0909938. Epub 2009 Nov 17. N Engl J Med. 2009. PMID: 19920051 Clinical Trial.

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