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Sternum-Sparing Left Ventricular Assist Device Insertion Reduces Perioperative Transfusions and Blood Loss: A Single-Centre Canadian Experience

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) improve survival and quality of life, as either destination therapy or a bridge to transplantation. Although less-invasive hemisternotomy approaches for LVAD implantation are well studied, only a paucity of data is available in the literature on st...

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Autores principales: Vasanthan, Vishnu, Rieger, Jana, Holloway, Daniel D., Clarke, Brian, Miller, Robert, Kent, William D.T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9568692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36254329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2022.06.002