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Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery +14

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Waiting List Mortality Among Children Listed for Heart Transplantation in the United States

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Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery +17

Outcomes of Children Bridged to Heart Transplantation With Ventricular Assist Devices

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Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery +17