An ABDOMINAL LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (ALVAD): PERSPECTIVES AND PROSPECTS.

Cardiovasc Dis

Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratories, Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal and Texas Children's Hospitals, P. O. Box 20269, Houston, Texas 77025.

Published: January 1974

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