Total artificial heart in patients with post-infarction ventricular septal defect

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Igor D Gregoric. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;9(2):116-117.

doi: 10.21037/acs.2020.01.04.

¹ Department of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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