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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;47:136-141
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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SWAT team approach to ventricular assistance

J.P. Brugger, PhD*, L. Bonandi, MD, M. Meli, MD, M. Lichtsteiner, MD, R. Odermatt, PhD, Ch. Hahn, MD

Cardiovascular Research Institute, Sion, Switzerland

* Address reprint requests to Dr Brugger, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Avenue du Grand-Champsec 64, 1950 Sion, Switzerland.

In 1986, the Cardiovascular Research Institute in Sion, Switzerland, created a flying bridge-to-cardiac transplantation team. This team, consisting of two physicians, a physicist, a biomedical engineer, and two intensive care nurses, has participated in 23 bridges to cardiac transplantation in 11 cardiovascular surgery centers in Europe. The cardiac function of all patients was 100% supported by paracorporeal pneumatic biventricular Pierce-Donachy devices. Twenty of the 23 patients have had transplantation, and 11 are alive and well. The bridge-to-cardiac transplantation team, which travels with a transportable driver and the ventricle sets, supervises the bridged patients 24 hours a day until cardiac transplantation is performed.




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