Implantation of a centrifugal pump as a left ventricular assist device through a novel, minimized approach: upper hemisternotomy combined with anterolateral thoracotomy

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Feb;143(2):511-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.07.046. Epub 2011 Sep 7.

Authors

Jan D Schmitto¹, Ulrich Molitoris, Axel Haverich, Martin Strueber

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 21903225
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.07.046

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Design
Sternotomy*
Thoracotomy*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography