First Implantation of a Novel Left Ventricular Assist Device: The ReliantHeart aVAD Jan D. Schmitto, MD, PhD, Jasmin S. Hanke, MD, Guenes Dogan, MD, Rene Tessmann, MD, Valluvan Jeevanandem, MD, PhD, William E. Cohn, MD, PhD, O.H. Frazier, MD, PhD, Axel Haverich, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 104, Issue 4, Pages e311-e313 (October 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.049 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 The aVAD blood pump (ReliantHeart Inc, Houston, TX) at the time of ventricular insertion (left). Schematic cutaway showing the aVAD blood pump (right). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, e311-e313DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.049) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Postoperative chest x-ray after aVAD (ReliantHeart Inc, Houston, TX) implantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, e311-e313DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.049) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions