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During the past decade, cardiac transplantation has become an accepted method in clinical therapy for end-stage heart disease. However, donor shortage is still responsible for a high percentage of patients dying while awaiting heart transplantation. Therefore, electrically powered ventricular assist devices [1] and pneumatically driven artificial hearts [2] were used in clinical programs to rescue critically ill cardiac transplant candidates.
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Vetter, H.O. et al. (1995). Use of the Novacor Left Ventricular Assist System as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation: First Experience with Long-term Patients on the Wearable System. In: Unger, F. (eds) Assisted Circulation 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79340-0_8
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