title: Implantation of the HeartMate III Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Giant Left Ventricular Aneurysm: Is Left Ventricular Reconstruction Mandatory?
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Cardiac Surgery (S.S., A.W., O.D.) and Cardiology (F.F., K.A., G.S.), Medical University Graz, Austria. sp11@outlook.de.
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spiliopoulos
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Cardiac Surgery (S.S., A.W., O.D.) and Cardiology (F.F., K.A., G.S.), Medical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Andrae
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wasler
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Cardiac Surgery (S.S., A.W., O.D.) and Cardiology (F.F., K.A., G.S.), Medical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fruehwald
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Cardiac Surgery (S.S., A.W., O.D.) and Cardiology (F.F., K.A., G.S.), Medical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Klemens
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ablasser
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Cardiac Surgery (S.S., A.W., O.D.) and Cardiology (F.F., K.A., G.S.), Medical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Gergana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stoschitzky
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Cardiac Surgery (S.S., A.W., O.D.) and Cardiology (F.F., K.A., G.S.), Medical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dapunt
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: aneurysm; cardiomyopathy; drug-eluting stent; heart failure; mechanical circulatory support