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ArticleTexas Heart Institute journal2020

Simple Felt-Plug Closure Technique for Minimally Invasive Removal of a Centrifugal-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device.

Alexander Schutz, Aladdein Mattar, Gabriel Loor, William E Cohn, Alexis Shafii

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Article in Texas Heart Institute journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander SchutzDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
Aladdein MattarDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
Gabriel LoorDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
William E CohnDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
Alexis ShafiiDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the indications for implanting left ventricular assist devices have expanded, some patients are qualifying for device removal after myocardial recovery. Whereas explantation has been described for previous generations of devices, no standard procedures have been developed. Removal of centrifugal-flow devices has created the need for a plug to seal the apical ventriculotomy after pump removal. However, no commercially available products are available in the United States. We used a novel technique to fashion a plug from Teflon felt and a Dacron graft to enable minimally invasive explantation of a current-generation centrifugal-flow device in a 33-year-old woman.

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Heart-Assist DevicesAdultDevice RemovalFemaleHeart FailureHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresVentricular Function, LeftCardiac surgical procedures/methodsdevice removal/instrumentation/methodsheart-assist devicesminimally invasive surgical procedures/methodsrecovery of functiontreatment outcome

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PMID33472230
PMCPMC7819444
OpenAlexW3123127586

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