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Editorial
. 2020 Jan;66(1):69-71.
doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001109.

Ventricular Assist Device Failure: Exchange, Explant, or Transplant?

Indranee Rajapreyar  1 , Anju Bhardwaj  2 , J Eduardo Rame  3 , Keshava Rajagopal  2
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Editorial

Ventricular Assist Device Failure: Exchange, Explant, or Transplant?

Indranee Rajapreyar et al. ASAIO J. 2020 Jan.
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  • Outcomes of Repeat Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchange.
    Chou BP, Lamba HK, Cheema FH, Civitello AB, Delgado RM, Simpson L, Nair AP, Oberton S, Taimeh ZA, Rosengart TK, Frazier OH, Morgan JA. Chou BP, et al. ASAIO J. 2020 Jan;66(1):64-68. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000928. ASAIO J. 2020. PMID: 30507849

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