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Comment
. 2020 Jun;22(6):937-940.
doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1907. Epub 2020 Jul 1.

Care for patients with ventricular assist devices and suspected COVID-19 infection

Andrew Xanthopoulos  1 , Filippos Triposkiadis  1 , Randall C Starling  2
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Care for patients with ventricular assist devices and suspected COVID-19 infection

Andrew Xanthopoulos et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Jun.
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Figure 1
Flow diagram showing the management of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). (+), present; (−), absent; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ECG, electrocardiogram; TEE, transoesophageal echocardiography.
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