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The shortage of donors is responsible for the majority of patients dying while waiting for transplantation. To rescue these critically ill patients, a wide variety of devices have been proposed for circulatory assistance as bridge to heart transplantation [1,2]. Prolonged bridging is often necessary, because of donor scarcity and because of the need to allow complete patient recovery before transplantation.
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Viganò, M., Rinaldi, M., Pagani, F., Minzioni, G., D’Armini, A.M., Ardemagni, E. (1998). Left Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge to Transplantation. In: Camerini, F., Gavazzi, A., De Maria, R. (eds) Advances in Cardiomyopathies. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2155-6_35
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