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Advanced mechanical circulatory support with the HeartMate left ventricular assist device in the year 2000
1Utah Artificial Heart Program, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City 84103, USA. jimlong@ihc.com
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 27, 2001
Abstract:
This paper describes the HeartMate left ventricular assist device (ThermoCardiosystems Inc, Woburn, MA) technology, which has been successfully introduced into the clinical arena with more than 2,400 implants as of the year 2000. The review summarizes the clinical experience, and identifies the benefits and limitations of the current state-of-the-art technology of the leading implantable circulatory support system.