Less Invasive Surgical and Perfusion Technique for Implantation of the Jarvik 2000 Left Ventricular Assist Device Gino Gerosa, MD, Michele Gallo, MD, Vincenzo Tarzia, MD, Guido Di Gregorio, MD, Fabio Zanella, CCP, Tomaso Bottio, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 712-714 (August 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.086 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Jarvik 2000 implanted into the apex of left ventricle through anterior left minithoracotomy. (B) Dacron graft of Jarvik 2000 anastomosed to the ascending aorta through reversed T upper ministernotomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 712-714DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.086) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Patient at discharge with minisurgical wound. Yellow lines evidenced jugular and xiphoid limits. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 712-714DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.086) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions