Implantation of a pulsatile external left ventricular assist device: role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
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Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
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D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology