Isolated Permanent Right Ventricular Assistance Using the HVAD Continuous-Flow Pump Tobias Deuse, MD, Johannes Schirmer, MD, Mathias Kubik, MD, Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 1434-1436 (April 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.090 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Site for right ventricular assist device implantation. (A) A schematic and (B) an intraoperative view demonstrate that the HVAD was implanted into the diaphragmatic RV surface and the outflow graft was anastomosed to the pulmonary artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1434-1436DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.090) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Postoperative imaging. (A) Transesophageal echocardiography and (B) chest radiograph confirm that the HVAD inflow is oriented parallel to the interventricular septum pointing toward the pulmonary artery. (PA = pulmonary artery; RV = right ventricular.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1434-1436DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.090) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions