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Editorial
. 2020 Nov;12(11):6412-6415.
doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-2771.

Prophylactic versus therapeutic left ventricular unloading during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, better safe than sorry?

Pieter S van der Wal  1 , Myrthe P J van Steenwijk  1 , Leon J Montenij  2 , Dirk W Donker  1 , Christiaan L Meuwese  1
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Editorial

Prophylactic versus therapeutic left ventricular unloading during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, better safe than sorry?

Pieter S van der Wal et al. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Nov.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-2771). Dr. DWD reports personal fees from Getinge Maquet, personal fees from Xenios Novalung Fresenius, outside the submitted work. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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The association between the proportion of prophylactic unloading in each cohort and its corresponding risk ratio. A Bubble plot illustrating the association between the proportion of prophylactic unloading in each cohort and its corresponding risk ratio. A lower risk ratio implies increased survival benefit of unloading versus no unloading.
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