New tools and techniques to facilitate off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation.
Cohn
William E
WE
Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. wcohn@heart.thi.tmc.edu
D000818:Animals; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome