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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:874
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original articles: cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Ranjit John, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Milstein Hospital Room 7-435 177 Fort Washington Ave New York, NY 10032 USA

Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD

Division of Surgery New York-Presbyterian Hospital Milstein Building 177 Fort Washington Ave New York, NY 10032 USA

e-mail: ranjitj@pol.net
e-mail: yn33@columbia.edu

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Despite markedly improving results with VAD implantation, bleeding primarily, and to a lesser extent thromboembolism remain major obstacles to achieving further success in patients with end-stage heart failure. Thus any endeavor that aims to reduce the incidence of these complications is to be strongly encouraged. In this paper, the authors attempt to show for the first time an association between the PlA genotypes with bleeding and thromboembolism in patients on VAD support. In general, VAD implantation is associated with an . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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