title: Less invasive left ventricular assist device placement for difficult resternotomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naka
authors.forename: Ulrich P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Jorde
authors.forename: Allan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D056346:Sternotomy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome