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Liviu Klein MD, MS
Associate Professor Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Failure Device Programs Liviu.Klein@ucsf.edu
Reducing Readmissions in Heart Failure
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Financial Relationship Disclosure
I will NOT discuss off label/ investigational use of products. The following financial relationships exist: Consultant: Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic.
Reducing Readmissions in Heart Failure
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Heart Failure Hospitalizations
Benjamin EJ et al. Circulation. 2017; 135: e146-e603.
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High Post Discharge Mortality
Solomon SD et al. Circulation. 2007; 116: 1482-1487.