A Novel Extracorporeal Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist System for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure 　- Initial Clinical Experience.

CONCLUSIONS: This novel extracorporeal VAD system with a hydrodynamically levitated centrifugal pump can safely and successfully bridge patients with advanced heart failure to subsequent therapeutic stages.
PMID: 32461539 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - May 27, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Seguchi O, Fujita T, Kitahata N, Iwasaki K, Kuroda K, Nakajima S, Watanabe T, Yanase M, Fukushima S, Tsukiya T, Katagiri N, Mizuno T, Takewa Y, Hamasaki T, Onda K, Hayashi T, Yamamoto H, Tatsumi E, Kobayashi J, Fukushima N Tags: Circ J Source Type: research