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Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications

Mechanical complications of ventricular assist devices (VADs) are rare but serious. The authors describe two cases of different mechanical complications of VADs that can affect the mitral valve. Attention should be paid to the position of the inflow/outflow cannula after off-loading of the ventricle...

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Autores principales: Mufti, Hani N., Elghobary, Tamer, Murray, Shawn K., Baskett, Roger J. F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25360402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1351116