Ventricle-specific epicardial pressures as a means to optimize direct cardiac compression for circulatory support: A pilot study.

Direct cardiac compression (DCC) holds enormous potential as a safe and effective means to treat heart failure patients who require long-term, or even permanent, biventricular support. However, devices developed to date are not tuned to meet the individual compression requirements of the left and ri...

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Main Authors: Jooli Han, Matthew Kubala, Edgar Aranda-Michel, Dennis R Trumble
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219162