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Attitude of the Saudi community towards heart donation, transplantation, and artificial hearts

Waleed AlHabeeb, Fakhr AlAyoubi, Adel Tash, Leenah AlAhmari and Khalid F. AlHabib
Saudi Medical Journal July 2017, 38 (7) 742-747; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.7.18178
Waleed AlHabeeb
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (AlHabeeb, AlAyoubi, AlHabib), King Khaled University Hospital, (AlAhmari), King Saud University, Riyadh, and King Abdullah Medical City, (Tash) Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fakhr AlAyoubi
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (AlHabeeb, AlAyoubi, AlHabib), King Khaled University Hospital, (AlAhmari), King Saud University, Riyadh, and King Abdullah Medical City, (Tash) Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Adel Tash
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (AlHabeeb, AlAyoubi, AlHabib), King Khaled University Hospital, (AlAhmari), King Saud University, Riyadh, and King Abdullah Medical City, (Tash) Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Leenah AlAhmari
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (AlHabeeb, AlAyoubi, AlHabib), King Khaled University Hospital, (AlAhmari), King Saud University, Riyadh, and King Abdullah Medical City, (Tash) Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid F. AlHabib
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (AlHabeeb, AlAyoubi, AlHabib), King Khaled University Hospital, (AlAhmari), King Saud University, Riyadh, and King Abdullah Medical City, (Tash) Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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