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ArticleASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992)

Robotic-assisted implantation of ventricular assist device after sternectomy and pectoralis muscle flap.

Zain Khalpey, Nicole Sydow, Samata Paidy, Marvin J Slepian, Mark Friedman, Anthony Cooper, Katherine M Marsh, Jan D Schmitto, Robert Poston

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Article in ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Recent Developments in Ventricular Assist Device Therapy.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zain KhalpeyFrom the *Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and †Department of BioMedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ‡Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplant and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; §Department of Anesthesia, ‖Division of Cardiology, Sarver Heart Center, and ¶Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Nicole Sydow
Samata Paidy
Marvin J Slepian
Mark Friedman
Anthony Cooper
Katherine M Marsh
Jan D Schmitto
Robert Poston
University of Arizona · USMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

Thrombin dysregulation leads to early saphenous vein graft failureR01HL084080 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI POSTON, ROBERT S. · 2007 to 2011
$2.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL084080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Left ventricular assist devices are increasingly important in the management of advanced heart failure. Most patients who benefit from these devices have had some prior cardiac surgery, making implantation of higher risk. This is especially true in patients who have had prior pectoralis flap reconstruction after sternectomy for mediastinitis. We outline the course of such a patient, in whom the use of robotic assistance allowed for a less invasive device implantation approach with preservation of the flap for transplantation.

Indexed as

Heart-Assist DevicesSurgical FlapsAgedHeart FailureHeart TransplantationHumansMalePectoralis MusclesReoperationRobotic Surgical ProceduresSternotomy

Identifiers

PMID25072555
PMCPMC4224625
OpenAlexW2333730756

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