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Figure 9 Outcomes of Expanded LVAD Use in Children
These competing analysis outcomes show fewer patients supported by left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to have received a transplant during (A) the early era of LVAD use, 1993 to 1999, n = 39, compared with (B) the recent era of expanded LVAD use, 2000 to 2003, n = 50, when more transplantations were performed, thereby reducing the proportion of patients waiting for transplants and those dying while waiting. Reprinted with permission from Blume et al. (19).
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