The “two-cut monorail” technique, for the over-the-wire removal of the Impella CP device
The Impella is a percutaneously placed intra-arterial flow pump positioned across the aortic valve for circulatory support. A limitation of the Impella is that it lacks a central wire channel, to maintain intra-arterial wire access when removing the device. Open surgical arterial cutdown is needed f...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428720301647 |