
Cardiac Xenotransplantation
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
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The Total Artificial Heart Is a Bridge to Transplantation
He checked none of the boxes with respect to physical capability of receiving a safe ventricular assist device and surviving the post-operative care. He also, with his history of noncompliance, also ran into trouble with our mechanical circulatory support group because they felt he wouldn't take care of his Ventricular assist device either. So we need to find a patient, perhaps with restrictive heart disease, who has a small ventricle who doesn't normally get a ventricular assist devices.
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