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Low INTERMACS Profiles: Temporary ECMO or TAH Support

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According to the INTERMACS registry, “low profiles” define the highest severity in the spectrum of advanced heart failure.

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  1. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy

    V. Tarzia, G. Bortolussi, Lorenzo Bagozzi, T. Bottio & G. Gerosa

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Correspondence to G. Gerosa .

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  1. San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Montalto

  2. Cardiac Surgery, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Antonio Loforte

  3. San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Musumeci

  4. Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Krabatsch

  5. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Mark S. Slaughter

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Tarzia, V., Bortolussi, G., Bagozzi, L., Bottio, T., Gerosa, G. (2017). Low INTERMACS Profiles: Temporary ECMO or TAH Support. In: Montalto, A., Loforte, A., Musumeci, F., Krabatsch, T., Slaughter, M. (eds) Mechanical Circulatory Support in End-Stage Heart Failure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43383-7_8

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