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1Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 19, 2016
Abstract:
A centrifugal left ventricular assist device can be replaced through a left anterior minithoracotomy with retention of the old outflow graft and apical sewing ring. Technical considerations encountered during five successful replacements are described.

