title: Clinical experience with sternotomy versus subcostal approach for exchange of the HeartMate XVE to the HeartMate II ventricular assist device. Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3340, Durham, NC 27710, USA. andrew.lodge@duke.edu
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lodge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018795:Device Approval; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*