Migration of a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.
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Right heart dysfunction after left ventricular assist device implantation: a comparison of the pulsatile HeartMate I and axial-flow HeartMate II devices.
BACKGROUND Right heart dysfunction confers significant morbidity and mortality after left ventricular assist device implantation and historically occurs in as many as a third of patients. It is unknown whether newer axial flow pumps have a different impact on postimplant right heart dysfunction. We compared the incidence of right heart dysfunction after implantation of the pulsatile HeartMate I...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Circulation. Heart failure
دوره 6 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013