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Insertion, Maintenance, and Removal of the Percutaneous Dual Lumen Cannula Right Ventricular Assist Device
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Abdominal wall perforation caused by left ventricular assist device driveline insertion: Potential lethal
Toshinobu Kazui1, Akinobu Itoh1, Scott C Silvestry1
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
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