Are centrifugal ventricular assist devices the answer to reducing post-implantation gastrointestinal bleeding?

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¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: crow.sheri@mayo.edu.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota.

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Sheri S Crow et al. JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Apr.

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. 2014 Apr;2(2):146-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.11.008.

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: crow.sheri@mayo.edu.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota.

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Keywords: HeartMate II; HeartWare; bleeding; left ventricular assist device; von Willebrand syndrome.

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Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in patients with a centrifugal or axial continuous flow left ventricular assist device.
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