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Insertion, Maintenance, and Removal of the Percutaneous Dual Lumen Cannula Right Ventricular Assist Device
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Dual-chamber pacemaker implantation with left ventricular pacing in a patient with a right ventricular assist device
Bjoern Sill1, Hermann Reichenspurner, Tobias Deuse
1University Heart Center Hamburg, Cardiovascular Surgery, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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