Pediatric ventricular assist device support as a permanent therapy: Clinical reality

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¹ Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: iadachi@bcm.edu.

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Iki Adachi. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Nov.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.02.145. Epub 2019 Aug 29.

¹ Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: iadachi@bcm.edu.

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