Gender-based differences in decision making, quality of life and survival among patients undergoing left ventricular assist device evaluation

Joseph M. Kim; Muhammad H. Maqsood; Tracy Makuvire; Colleen K. McIlvennan; Jocelyn S. Thompson; Daniel D. Matlock; Larry A. Allen; Haider J. Warraich

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293121

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Gender-based differences in decision making, quality of life and survival among patients undergoing left ventricular assist device evaluation

Joseph M. Kim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph M. Kim, Muhammad H. Maqsood

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1584-3927

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Muhammad H. Maqsood ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph M. Kim, Muhammad H. Maqsood

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, New York, NY, United States of America
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Tracy Makuvire,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Colleen K. McIlvennan,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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Jocelyn S. Thompson,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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Daniel D. Matlock,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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Larry A. Allen,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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Haider J. Warraich

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: hwarraich@partners.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Gender-based differences in decision making, quality of life and survival among patients undergoing left ventricular assist device evaluation

Joseph M. Kim,
Muhammad H. Maqsood,
Tracy Makuvire,
Colleen K. McIlvennan,
Jocelyn S. Thompson,
Daniel D. Matlock,
Larry A. Allen,
Haider J. Warraich

Published: October 25, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293121

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