The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1658-1659 , June 2010

Esmark elastoplasty for bleeding ventricular assist device outflow graft associated with severe coagulopathy

Received 24 August 2009 ,Revised 24 September 2009 ,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01288-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.052

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1658-1659 , June 2010

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