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Left ventricular assist device implantation in high risk destination therapy patients: an alternative surgical approach

Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) for Destination Therapy (DT) is an established therapy for end stage heart failure patients who are not transplant candidates. Many DT patients requiring LVADs have had prior open heart surgery, the majority of whom had prior sternotomy. In addition, DT patients...

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Autores principales: Samuels, Louis E, Casanova-Ghosh, Elena, Rodriguez, Roberto, Droogan, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22409904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-7-21