The Effect of Ventricular Assist Devices on Post-Transplant Mortality: An Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Thoracic Registry
- 20 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Vol. 53 (3) , 264-271
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.070
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