Outflow graft obstruction in patients with left ventricular assist devices: Stenting the kink

Alexander Postalian^{1

2}, Zvonimir Krajcer^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

Editorial

Alexander Postalian et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;98(7):1391-1392.

doi: 10.1002/ccd.29994.

Alexander Postalian^{1

2}, Zvonimir Krajcer^{1

2}

¹ Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Outflow graft obstruction in patients with the HM 3 LVAD: A percutaneous approach.
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