Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2970172 | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Despite an increase in the number of children listed as Status 1A, there was more than a 50% reduction in waiting list mortality in the new era. Irrespective of other factors, patients supported with a VAD were 4 times more likely to survive to transplant.
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Authors
Farhan MD, Chesney MD, Muhammad S. MD, Vivek BS, Roosevelt MD, Angela MD, Ivan MD, John L. MD, MPH, Clifford MD, David L.S. MD,