Coiled Impella Drive Line in the Left Ventricle: A Rare Complication of a Left Ventricular Assist Device.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Department of Anesthesia, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Published: October 2015

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