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Ventricular assist devices are increasingly used to treat patients with acute or chronic end-stage heart failure. We report on circumstances, exemplified on four cases, where a surprisingly favorable clinical course of the patients ultimately demanded early explantation of the device, which was not anticipated prior to its implantation.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48149 Münster, Germany. schmid@uni-muenster.de
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