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Flow diagram of selection process. A total of 601 patients with 603 heart transplantations (HTX) were assessed for eligibility. Patients with repeated HTX (two patients with four HTX), patients <18 years (13 patients), and patients with ventricular assist device (VAD) prior to HTX (25 patients) were excluded. Five hundred sixty‐one patients were finally included and analysed in this study.
