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Chilling Choices: Heart Transplant Outcomes Using SherpaPak With Long Ischemic Time Versus Traditional Ice Storage With Short Ischemic Time

Abstract We performed a retrospective review comparing outcomes between traditional ice storage (ICE) with short ischemic times (<3 hours) to SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System (SCTS) with long ischemic times (>4..

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Pre-transplant heart disease etiology has a major effect on post-transplant survival of patients bridged with heartmate II assist device

Abstract Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have become an established mode of treatment in bridging patients with advanced heart failure to cardiac transplantation. In certain groups of patients LVADs have..

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