Paving the way for destination therapy of end-stage biventricular heart failure: the ReinHeart total artificial heart concept.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.

Published: December 2014

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