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Bend relief fenestration might prevent outflow graft obstruction in patients with left ventricular assist device

OBJECTIVES: Patients with left ventricular assist devices may experience external obstruction of the outflow graft through a gelatinous substance within the bend relief (BR; a stiff tube graft guiding the outflow graft). Preventative strategies have been missing. Having faced this problem, we decide...

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Autores principales: Färber, Gloria, Kirov, Hristo, Schwan, Imke, Gräger, Stephanie, Diab, Mahmoud, Tkebuchava, Sophie, Doenst, Torsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9373956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35642889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivac149