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. 2021 Oct;8(5):4353-4356.
doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13422. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

A case series of cardiac amyloidosis patients supported by continuous-flow left ventricular assist device

Varinder K Randhawa  1 , Andrej Gabrovsek  1 , Edward G Soltesz  2 , Michael Z Y Tong  2 , Shinya Unai  2 , Leway Chen  3 , Maria M Mountis  1 , W H Wilson Tang  1 , Randall C Starling  1 , Jerry D Estep  1 , Mazen Hanna  1
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A case series of cardiac amyloidosis patients supported by continuous-flow left ventricular assist device

Varinder K Randhawa et al. ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Oct.
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