Patient selection for left ventricular assist devices

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  European Journal of Heart Failure

• Publication date

  2010-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq006PMID 20172939
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