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Use of an Inexpensive Blue Band During Ventricular Assist Device and Total Artificial Heart Placement Facilitates and Expedites Explantation During Heart.

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1 Use of an Inexpensive Blue Band During Ventricular Assist Device and Total Artificial Heart Placement Facilitates and Expedites Explantation During Heart Transplant  Dawn E. Jaroszewski, MD, MBA, Jesse J. Lackey, FA, Louis A. Lanza, MD, Patrick A. DeValeria, MD, Francisco A. Arabia, MD, MBA  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 87, Issue 5, Pages (May 2009) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Blue band identifiers are shown encircling the inferior vena cava (IVC), superior vena cava (SVC), and the aorta. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Diagram demonstrates use of the blue band identifiers to place umbilical tapes for tourniquets. (IVC = inferior vena cava; SVC = superior vena cava; PA = pulmonary artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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