Stop the LVAD bleeding

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Editorial

Antigone Koliopoulou et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;9(5):E437-E439.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.09.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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