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Editorial
. 2020 Mar;9(2):141-143.
doi: 10.21037/acs.2020.03.06.

Transitioning to total artificial heart for patients supported with short term mechanical circulatory devices

Guillaume Lebreton  1 , Hamed Al Kalbani  1 , Charles Juvin  1 , Pascal Leprince  1
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Editorial

Transitioning to total artificial heart for patients supported with short term mechanical circulatory devices

Guillaume Lebreton et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Pascal Leprince and Guillaume Lebreton are proctor for SynCardia. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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