Primary Diagnoses and Relative Risk in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices Visiting an Emergency Department in the United States

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Editorial

Martin Strueber. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 18;11(2):e024228.

doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.024228. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

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Keywords: Editorials; adverse events; emergency department; left ventricular assist device; risk score.

Comment on

Novel Risk Model to Predict Emergency Department Associated Mortality for Patients Supported With a Ventricular Assist Device: The Emergency Department-Ventricular Assist Device Risk Score.
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