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Insertion of Right Ventricular Assist Device and Its Removal Under Local Anesthesia
Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 06/19/09

Salerno TA et al. - A patient with acute right ventricular infarction was treated with coronary artery bypass grafting. A few days later developed right ventricular failure and required insertion of a right ventricular assist device through a sternotomy approach. The authors herein report a technique in which the removal of the right ventricular assist device is performed under local anesthesia without a sternotomy incision.

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