Advanced heart failure: feasibility study of long-term continuous axial flow pump support.
AIMS: A lack of donor hearts has stimulated interest in using blood pumps to treat severe heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that a new continuous flow circulatory assist device could be employed safely to relieve symptoms of heart failure and evaluated the potential to prolong life. METHODS A...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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