J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:787
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Reply to the Editor:
Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgical Director, Cardiac Transplantation and MCS, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO
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We thank Drs Messori and Trippoli for their interest. They have critically examined our statistical methods regarding early deaths (30 days) following cardiac transplantation with and without left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). From a purely statistical argument, they . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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