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Use of Two Intracorporeal Ventricular Assist Devices As a Total Artificial Heart
Published on: May 11, 2018
Off-pump replacement of the INCOR implantable axial-flow pump
Kuniki Nakashima1, Matthias E W Kirsch, Emmanuelle Vermes
1Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, AP-HP, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. kuniki.nakashima@hmn.aphp.fr
Abstract:
Owing to the actual increase of mechanical circulatory support durations, total or partial replacement of ventricular assist devices (VADs) will most certainly have to be performed with increasing frequency. Herein we report the case of a patient in whom an INCOR (Berlin Heart AG, Berlin) implantable axial-flow pump was replaced without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), underscoring some of the unique features provided by this system.
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