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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:786-787
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Inappropriate comparison of survival rates at 30 days in transplanted patients previously implanted or not with left ventricular assist devices

Andrea Messori, PharmD, Sabrina Trippoli, PharmD

Laboratory of Pharmacoeconomics, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy

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To the Editor:

The statement by Cleveland and colleagues1Go that "for the deaths that occurred in all 317 patients, 19% of the patients without left ventricular assist devices died within 30 days of transplant, whereas 80% of the patients with left ventricular assist . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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