First implantation in man of a new magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device (HeartMate III)

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Jun;34(6):858-60. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.03.001. Epub 2015 Mar 7.

Authors

Jan D Schmitto¹, Jasmin S Hanke¹, Sebastian V Rojas¹, Murat Avsar¹, Axel Haverich¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation Program, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

PMID: 25920932
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.03.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / therapy*
Equipment Design
Heart-Assist Devices / classification*
Humans
Magnetics / instrumentation*
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardium / surgery
Treatment Outcome