Repair of left ventricular driveline tear in a SynCardia-total artificial heart patient.

J Cardiothorac Surg

Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Fahrner street 135-137, Duisburg 47169, Germany.

Published: January 2014

We report the case of a 64-year old Caucasian male patient with a tear of the left ventricular driveline just above the driveline-air tube junction. We describe the repair technique and the necessary set of tools.

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