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. 2020 Jul;35(7):2231-2233.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05625-z. Epub 2020 Jan 9.

Chronic Conditions in Advanced Cardiac Disease: A Cluster Analysis of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)-Treated Patients

Benjamin S Wessler  1   2   3 , Benjamin C Koethe  4 , Paul K J Han  5 , Andrew R Weintraub  6 , James E Udelson  6 , Cynthia M Boyd  7 , David M Kent  4
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Chronic Conditions in Advanced Cardiac Disease: A Cluster Analysis of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)-Treated Patients

Benjamin S Wessler et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul.
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Fig. 1
Survival curves for patients treated with TAVR according to comorbidity cluster. Comorbidities were assessed according to Gagne et al.24 Reference is Cluster 1 (minimal disease cluster)
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