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Use of Two Intracorporeal Ventricular Assist Devices As a Total Artificial Heart
Published on: May 11, 2018
Minimally invasive technique for explantation of right ventricular assist devices
Saleem M Haj-Yahia1, Emma J Birks, James Hardy
1Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital, Harefield, London, United Kingdom.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 26, 2006
Abstract:
In an attempt to reduce some or all of the complications resulting from the use of biventricular assist devices after mechanical circulatory support, we have developed and applied a minimally invasive technique for explantation of right ventricular assist devices.
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