The issue of this single center experience was to analyze whether the concomitant cardiac surgery had a negative impact during the implantation and the follow up in patients with long term LVAD. The results are encouraging.
Impact of concomitant cardiac procedures performed during implantation of long-term left ventricular assist devices
Submitted by: Erica Curcio
Source: Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
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Author(s): Jeffery A. Morgan, Athanasios Tsiouris, Hassan W. Nemeh, Arielle Hodari, Joseph Karam, Robert J. Brewer, Gaetano Paone