@article{fea891eddbf14d07ab03a8d442b989d9,
title = "Off-pump technique for Thoratec left ventricular assist device insertion",
author = "Valentino Piacentino and Singhal, \{Arun K\} and Mahender Macha and McClurken, \{James B\} and Fisher, \{Carol A\} and Satoshi Furukawa",
note = "We present a case of left ventricular assist device (Thoratec; Thoratec Laboratories Corp, Pleasanton, CA) insertion performed through a left thoracotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with severe end-stage congestive heart failure with renal and respiratory dysfunction and a history of multiple cardiac operations.",
year = "2003",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04294-7",
language = "American English",
volume = "75",
journal = "The Annals of Thoracic Surgery",
number = "2",
}