Implantable cardiac soft robotic sleeve: A promising technology for the millions with end-stage heart failure in low and middle-income countries

Affiliations

¹ Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Hull York Medical School, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁵ Centre for Digital Health and Education Research (CoDHER), University of Central Lancashire Medical School, Preston, UK.
⁶ Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplant and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Editorial

Arian Arjomandi Rad et al. Artif Organs. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;47(12):1801-1804.

doi: 10.1111/aor.14642. Epub 2023 Sep 7.

¹ Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Hull York Medical School, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁵ Centre for Digital Health and Education Research (CoDHER), University of Central Lancashire Medical School, Preston, UK.
⁶ Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplant and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

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