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Bowel obstruction due to retained intraperitoneal left ventricular assist device (LVAD) driveline

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) provide a lifesaving bridge to cardiac transplant. Utilization of these devices is increasing in the United States. When a patient undergoes cardiac transplant, the left ventricular device is surgically removed and the driveline is extracted or left...

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Autores principales: Miklin, Daniel, Lewis, Ivy, Lieberman, Howard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5963091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29783995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-018-0738-1

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