1. Isolated Permanent Right Ventricular Assistance Using the HVAD Continuous-Flow Pump 
Tobias Deuse, MD, Johannes Schirmer, MD, Mathias Kubik, MD, Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages (April 2013)
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2. Fig 1
Site for right ventricular assist device implantation. (A) A schematic and (B) an intraoperative view demonstrate that the HVAD was implanted into the diaphragmatic RV surface and the outflow graft was anastomosed to the pulmonary artery.
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3. Fig 2
Postoperative imaging. (A) Transesophageal echocardiography and (B) chest radiograph confirm that the HVAD inflow is oriented parallel to the interventricular septum pointing toward the pulmonary artery. (PA = pulmonary artery; RV = right ventricular.)
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