1. Outcomes after implantation of partial-support left ventricular assist devices in inotropic- dependent patients: Do we still need full-support assist devices? 
Anton Sabashnikov, MD, Aron-Frederik Popov, MD, PhD, Christopher T. Bowles, PhD, Prashant N. Mohite, MCh, Alexander Weymann, MD, PhD, Rachel Hards, BS, Mike Hedger, BS, Thorsten Wittwer, MD, PhD, Jens Wippermann, MD, PhD, Thorsten Wahlers, MD, PhD, Friedrich A. Schoendube, MD, PhD, André R. Simon, MD, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 148, Issue 3, Pages (September 2014)
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2. Figure 1
Kaplan–Meier survival curve for the entire cohort of patients who underwent partial-support LVAD implantation. Patients are censored for cardiac transplantation, device explantation for myocardial recovery, device exchange, and at the cutoff of the study. Twenty-day, 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year cumulative survivals with respective numbers of patients at risk are shown.
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