Minimally invasive off-pump implantation of HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device Diyar Saeed, MD, PhD, Stephan Sixt, MD, PhD, Alexander Albert, MD, PhD, Artur Lichtenberg, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 152, Issue 5, Pages 1446-1447 (November 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.062 Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The HeartMate 3 device (St Jude Medical, Inc, St Paul, Minn) in place after a left anterolateral minithoracotomy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1446-1447DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.062) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 TEE 4-chamber view showing the correct positioning of the HeartMate 3 pump after implantation. LA, Left atrium; RA, right atrium; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1446-1447DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.062) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
The HeartMate 3 device in place after a left anterolateral minithoracotomy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1446-1447DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.062) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Video 1 Step-by-step demonstration of minimally invasive off-pump HeartMate III (St Jude Medical, Inc, St Paul, Minn) implantation. Video available at http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)30879-0/addons. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1446-1447DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.062) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions