title: Off-pump versus on-pump left ventricular assist device exchange.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Schmitto.Jan@mh-hannover.de.
authors.forename: Sebastian V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haverich
authors.forename: Jan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Schmitto
mesh_terms: D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy*