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Successful Use of the Total Artificial Heart in the Failing Fontan Circulation

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ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
Volume 97, Issue 4, Pages 1438-1440

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.120

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Typical left ventricular assist devices are often ineffective for the failing Fontan circulation. We report the first successful use of a total artificial heart as a bridge to transplant in a patient who had previously undergone a Fontan operation. (C) 2014 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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