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Direct right ventricular Impella LD implantation enables postoperative ambulation and may avoid sternal re-entry
Bartholomew V Simon1, Yang Gu2, Julie A Wyrobek2
1Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|May 14, 2020
Abstract:
Right ventricular assist devices (RVADs) typically require groin cannulation or sternal re-entry which can be avoided by direct pulmonary artery implantation with an Impella. We report the first use of the Impella LD as a directly implanted RVAD.
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