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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Heart Center Northrhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, Bad Oeynhausen 32545, Germany

(Email: rkoerfer@hdz-nrw.de).

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Copeland and colleagues [1] in reflecting their vast and groundbreaking experience in the field of total artificial heart (TAH) development and application, merit congratulations for this most interesting and necessary publication, which serves as a valuable tool in the selection of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device selection.

Thirty-six percent of the included patients needed intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation, 42% were respiratory dependent and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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