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Inflow graft interruption as a simple method for left ventricular assist device removal after successful bridge to
Gonzalo V Gonzalez-Stawinski1, Maria M Mountis, William E Cohn
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. gonzalg@ccf.org
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|April 18, 2012
Abstract:
In this report we provide another method of ventricular assist device separation by simply transecting the inflow graft of a Heart Mate II LVAD without the need of dissecting the left ventricular apex for cases of myocardial recovery.
