Ventricular assist device placement following surgical ventricular restoration.
Surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) is an accepted treatment option for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure (CHF). A minority of these patients will require the placement of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). We report our operative technique for placement of an LVAD following SVR.
Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Blalock 618, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jason
J
Williams
John
J
Conte