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Published on: August 16, 2021
A new right ventricular assist device for right ventricular support
Stefan Christiansen1, Stefan Brose, Lütfü Demircan
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany. schristiansen@ukaachen.de
Abstract:
Right ventricular support by mechanical devices for postcardiotomy right heart failure is still associated with a high mortality. We report on the first use of a new paracardiac microaxial blood pump for postcardiotomy right heart failure in two patients undergoing emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (the first patient for a myocardial infarction complicated by a left ventricular wall rupture, the second patient for a dissection of the right coronary artery after an interventional procedure).
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