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The titanium heart keeping transplant patients alive

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

hospital to perform a BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart implantation as part of the FDA's early feasibility study. Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix has become the third U.S.

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Uric acid in advanced heart failure: relation to central haemodynamics and outcome

Open Heart

UA) independently predicted the combined endpoint (left ventricular assist device, total artificial heart implantation, heart transplantation or all-cause mortality) (hazard ratio (HR): 1.10 (1.03–1.17), p=0.004) as well as all-cause mortality (HR: 1.15 (1.06–1.25), p=0.001).

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery September 2016 Marshall Jacobs The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research The Annals of Thoracic Surgery September 2016 Lawrence Schwartz The Perioperative Use of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: An Analysis from the Congenital Cardiac (..)

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery September 2016 Marshall Jacobs The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research The Annals of Thoracic Surgery September 2016 Lawrence Schwartz The Perioperative Use of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: An Analysis from the Congenital Cardiac (..)