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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:1133
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Images in cardiothoracic surgery

Swan-Ganz Monitoring of the AbioCor Artificial Heart

Louis E. Samuels, MD * , Elena C. Holmes, CRNP, John C. Entwistle, III, MD, PhD

Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

* Address reprint requests to Dr Samuels, Lankenau Hospital, MSB Suite 280, 100 Lancaster Ave, Wynnewood, PA19096. (Email: samuelsle@aol.com).

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Dr Samuels discloses that he has a financial relationship with Abiomed, Inc.

 

The AbioCor totally implantable artificial heart (Abiomed, Inc, Danvers, MA) was designed as a permanent therapy for patients with end-stage biventricular heart failure who were not candidates for cardiac transplantation. The implantation is performed in a similar fashion as an orthotopic heart transplant. There are Dacron (DuPont, Wilmington, DE) artificial atria, ascending aorta, and main pulmonary artery. Plastic trileaflet prostheses serve as atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial valves. Placement . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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