Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, January 9th, 2007
Study 1: New investigation results, "Acquired aortic cusp fusion after chronic left ventricular assist device support," are detailed in a study published in Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. According to a study from the United States, "Explanted hearts from patients with chronic left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support have shown the presence of aortic cusp fusion, which results in valvular stenosis and may complicate weaning of a LVAD. This is the first report of aortic cusp fusion diagnosed solely by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in vivo in a...
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