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To the Editor: The article by Birks et al. (Nov. 2 issue)¹ is an important contribution to further development of a therapeutic approach to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy that remains controversial despite being repeatedly proved.^2,3,4 The high recovery rate reported by the authors is encouraging, although it might have been facilitated by patient selection. Thus, Patient 11, with a small left ventricle and normal cardiac index value, underwent implantation of a left ventricular assist device with the diagnosis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. The survival rate after explantation in the study cohort (81.8% at 4 years) is similar to that among our . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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