European experience of DuraHeart™ magnetically levitated centrifugal left ventricular assist system

2009118 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Michiel Morshuis · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Aly El‐Banayosy · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Latif Arusoglu · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Reiner Köerfer · Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Roland Hetzer · Berlin Heart (Germany)

Georg Wieselthaler · University of Vienna

Alain Pavie

Abstract

The DuraHeart was able to provide safe and reliable long-term circulatory support with an improved survival and an acceptable adverse event rate in advanced heart failure patients who were eligible for transplantation.

Topics & Keywords

Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Volume 35, Issue 6, pp. 1020-1028

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.033

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 11.18