Emma Minhui Ye

Keywords LVAD explant Heart transplant Blood transfusions in heart transplant Polytetrafluoroethylene Redo sternotomy and bleeding Patients with durable left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are susceptible to hemorrhage and injury to intrathoracic structures during the explant-heart transplant (HT), especially in cases with unprotected outflow grafts lying close to the sternum or with dense adhesions between the device chassis and chest wall.1–4 Protecting the LVAD components with...

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