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Use of a rate-limited ultrafiltration circuit with centrifugal ventricular assist
J J Curtis1, L R Deese, J T Walls
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Artificial Organs
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
Renal insufficiency and pulmonary edema are frequently observed in patients who require centrifugal ventricular assist for postcardiotomy ventricular failure. We describe a technique of using a rate-limited ultrafiltration device in parallel with the assist device circuit to remove excess intravascular volume.