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Matters to address prior to introducing new life support technology in Japan: three serious ethical concerns related to the use of left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy and suggested policies to deal with them

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-018-0251-z

Published Online: 2018-02-27

Published Print: 2018-12

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Asai, Atsushi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6698-1452
Masaki, Sakiko

Okita, Taketoshi

Enzo, Aya

Kadooka, Yasuhiro
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Received: 18 September 2016

Accepted: 15 February 2018

First Online: 27 February 2018

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