Use of polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft to cover the kinking protector of left ventricular assist device facilitates later pump exchange Evgenij.

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Use of polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft to cover the kinking protector of left ventricular assist device facilitates later pump exchange Evgenij V. Potapov, MD, PhD, Roland Hetzer, MD, PhD, Thomas Krabatsch, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 148, Issue 2, Pages 745-746 (August 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.03.034 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Assembled HeartWare HVAD (HeartWare Inc, Framingham, Mass) and the polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex; WL Gore & Associates, Inc, Newark, Del) graft (diameter 20 mm) before it is pulled over the kinking protector of the HeartWare HVAD. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 745-746DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.03.034) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Operating field (redo median sternotomy) before closure of the sternum with polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) graft pulled over the kinking protector and outflow graft. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 745-746DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.03.034) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions