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Ventricular assist device placement following surgical ventricular restoration

Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Blalock 618, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, USA

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-410-955-1753; fax: +1-410-522-5048.

E-mail address: jconte{at}csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu (J. Conte).

Surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) is an accepted treatment option for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure (CHF). A minority of these patients will require the placement of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). We report our operative technique for placement of an LVAD following SVR.

Key Words: Cardiomyopathy; Circulatory assist devices; Heart failure; Heart failure surgery; Left ventricular assist device