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Off-pump technique for Thoratec left ventricular assist device insertion
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Off-pump technique for Thoratec left ventricular assist device insertion

Valentino Piacentino, Arun K Singhal, Mahender Macha, James B McClurken, Carol A Fisher and Satoshi Furukawa
The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.75(2), pp.607-609
2003
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04294-7
PMID: 12607694

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Abstract

We present a case of left ventricular assist device (Thoratec; Thoratec Laboratories Corp, Pleasanton, CA) insertion performed through a left thoracotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with severe end-stage congestive heart failure with renal and respiratory dysfunction and a history of multiple cardiac operations.
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