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Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device for advanced heart failure patients

Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVAD) are now providing years of safe circulatory support with enhanced quality of life. We present four cases of patients with advanced heart failure who received support for greater than 5-years with the HeartMate II CF-LVAD. One patient continue...

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Autores principales: Schmitto, Jan D., Hanke, Jasmin S., Rojas, Sebastian, Avsar, Murat, Malehsa, Doris, Bara, Christoph, Strueber, Martin, Haverich, Axel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26253585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0306-x