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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Case report

Repair of left ventricular driveline tear in a SynCardia-total artificial heart patient

Authors: Sotirios Spiliopoulos, Magda Tenderich, Dilek Guersoy, Guenes Dogan, Reiner Koerfer, Gero Tenderich

Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

We report the case of a 64-year old Caucasian male patient with a tear of the left ventricular driveline just above the driveline-air tube junction. We describe the repair technique and the necessary set of tools.
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Metadata
Title
Repair of left ventricular driveline tear in a SynCardia-total artificial heart patient
Authors
Sotirios Spiliopoulos
Magda Tenderich
Dilek Guersoy
Guenes Dogan
Reiner Koerfer
Gero Tenderich
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-7

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