Toward a Self-Actuating Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Device: The Pudding Is in the Proof

Andrew B Civitello^{1

2}, Joseph G Rogers²

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Andrew B Civitello et al. ASAIO J. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 1;69(1):59-60.

doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001881. Epub 2022 Dec 28.

Andrew B Civitello^{1

2}, Joseph G Rogers²

No abstract available

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Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

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