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Repair of left ventricular driveline tear in a SynCardia-total artificial heart patient

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2014) 9(1)
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-9-7
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We report the case of a 64-year old Caucasian male patient with a tear of the left ventricular driveline just above the driveline-air tube junction. We describe the repair technique and the necessary set of tools. © 2014 Spiliopoulos et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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Spiliopoulos, S., Tenderich, M., Guersoy, D., Dogan, G., Koerfer, R., & Tenderich, G. (2014). Repair of left ventricular driveline tear in a SynCardia-total artificial heart patient. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-7

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