Impact of left ventricular assist devices and heart transplants on acute myocardial infarction and heart failure mortality and readmission measures.
<h4>Background</h4>Concern has been raised about consequences of including patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) or heart transplantation in readmission and mortality measures.<h4>Methods</h4>We calculated unadjusted and hospital-specific 30-day risk-standardize...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230734 |