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Future Directions in Assisted Circulation

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Prediction of the future is always a hazardous undertaking and brings to mind a remark attributed to the thirteenth-century Castilian king, Alfonso X, when the Ptolemaic astronomical concepts had been explained: “If the Lord Almighty had consulted me, I should have recommended something simpler!”

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  1. R. S. Litwak
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  1. Herzchirurgie Salzburg Landeskrankenanstalten, Müllner Hauptstr. 48, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria

    Felix Unger

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Litwak, R.S., Koffsky, R.M. (1995). Future Directions in Assisted Circulation. In: Unger, F. (eds) Assisted Circulation 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79340-0_39

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