The 4 Dimensions of Heart Allocation in an Increasingly Complex Universe

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¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery and Division of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Disease, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: Ashish.shah@vumc.org.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery and Division of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Disease, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: Lynne.w.stevenson@vumc.org.

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Ashish S Shah et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020.

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. 2020 Jun 16;75(23):2917-2920.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.04.061.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery and Division of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Disease, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: Ashish.shah@vumc.org.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery and Division of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Disease, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: Lynne.w.stevenson@vumc.org.

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Keywords: ethics; heart failure; heart transplantation; mechanical circulatory support.

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