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Figure 3 Mortality rates by cause of death, according to quintiles of hematocrit. Hematocrit was inversely associated with pump failure death (black bars) (p for trend <0.001). In contrast, there was a suggestion of a U-shaped relationship with sudden deaths (white bars) and other deaths (striped bars) (see text).
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