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but this significant procedure can be jeopardised by co-morbidities associated with its management. As a
result, a new heart may fail for the same reasons the original heart failed.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing: Jagpal A
Statistical analysis, manuscript review: Das De S
Manuscript editing and reviewing: Avtaar Singh SS
Study supervisor, manuscript reviewing: Kirk A

Availability of data and materials
At request. Kindly email corresponding author.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
This report is not considered research by the NHS, as defined by the UK Policy Framework for Health
and Social Care Research. Therefore, this study did not require approval from an NHS Research Ethics
Committee (REC).

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.

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