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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:607-609
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Off-pump technique for Thoratec left ventricular assist device insertion

Valentino Piacentino, III, PhDa, Arun K. Singhal, MD, PhDa, Mahender Macha, MDa, James B. McClurken, MDa, Carol A. Fisher, BAa, Satoshi Furukawa, MD*a

a Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Accepted for publication July 31, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Furukawa, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, 3401 North Broad St, Philadelphia, PA19140, USA
e-mail: furukas{at}tuhs.temple.edu

We present a case of left ventricular assist device (Thoratec; Thoratec Laboratories Corp, Pleasanton, CA) insertion performed through a left thoracotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with severe end-stage congestive heart failure with renal and respiratory dysfunction and a history of multiple cardiac operations.




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