title: The sandwich plug technique: simple, effective, and rapid closure of a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis at left ventricular assist device implantation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiac Support, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. wcohn@heart.thi.tmc.edu
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Frazier
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene