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^a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
^b Institute of Radiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Sezer, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, Münster, 48149, Germany (Email: oemer.sezer@ukmuenster.de).

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We report on a 44-year-old man who suffered from end-stage heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. Due to a low cardiac output situation, he was successfully bridged to cardiac transplantation for 180 days by the implantation of a left ventricular assist device. The operation was performed in the technique first described by Shumway and colleagues [1]. Post-transplantation medication included cyclosporine A, mycophenolate mofetil, and steroids for immunosuppression as well as . . . [Full Text of this Article]