Reinforcement of heartmate II bend relief connection: Champagne bottle technique

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ota, Takeyoshi ^a   Takayama, Hiroo ^a   Khalpey, Zain ^a   Naka, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE TECHNIQUE; HEART MATE II; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 84875306601     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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