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Case Reports
. 2004 Aug;26(2):444-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.05.010.

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) enables survival during 7 h of sustained ventricular fibrillation

Sacha P Salzberg  1 , Mario L Lachat, Gregor Zünd, Marko I Turina
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Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) enables survival during 7 h of sustained ventricular fibrillation

Sacha P Salzberg et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004 Aug.
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Abstract

We describe the case of a patient implanted with a DeBakey left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as bridge to transplant who survived 7 h of ventricular fibrillation. He was successfully converted into a stable sinus rhythm.

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