Proverb interpretation in cardiac transplant candidates
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Management of allosensitized cardiac transplant candidates.
Cardiac transplantation remains the best treatment in patients with advanced heart failure with a high risk of death. However, an inadequate supply of donor hearts decreases the likelihood of transplantation for many patients. Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are being increasingly used as a bridge to transplantation in patients who may not survive long enough to receive a heart. This expansio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0887-6177,1873-5843
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/13.1.111