Minimally-Invasive Access and Off-Pump LVAD Implantation - Strategies to Improve Outcomes

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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

سال: 2016

ISSN: 1053-2498

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.01.938