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Editorial
. 2019 Dec;11(12):5626-5630.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.11.60.

Is this the right MOMENTUM?-evidence from a HeartMate 3 randomized trial

Silvia Mariani  1 , Anamika Chatterjee  1 , Jasmin S Hanke  1 , Katharina Homann  1 , Günes Dogan  1 , Axel Haverich  1 , Jan D Schmitto  1
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Editorial

Is this the right MOMENTUM?-evidence from a HeartMate 3 randomized trial

Silvia Mariani et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Dec.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: JD Schmitto and G Dogan are consultants for Medtronic, MN, USA and Abbott, IL, USA. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
HeartMate 3 (Abbott, Inc, IL, USA) pump during the assembly procedure before implantation.
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Comment on

  • A Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Device - Final Report.
    Mehra MR, Uriel N, Naka Y, Cleveland JC Jr, Yuzefpolskaya M, Salerno CT, Walsh MN, Milano CA, Patel CB, Hutchins SW, Ransom J, Ewald GA, Itoh A, Raval NY, Silvestry SC, Cogswell R, John R, Bhimaraj A, Bruckner BA, Lowes BD, Um JY, Jeevanandam V, Sayer G, Mangi AA, Molina EJ, Sheikh F, Aaronson K, Pagani FD, Cotts WG, Tatooles AJ, Babu A, Chomsky D, Katz JN, Tessmann PB, Dean D, Krishnamoorthy A, Chuang J, Topuria I, Sood P, Goldstein DJ; MOMENTUM 3 Investigators. Mehra MR, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 25;380(17):1618-1627. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1900486. Epub 2019 Mar 17. N Engl J Med. 2019. PMID: 30883052 Clinical Trial.

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