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Staged and effortless explantation of CircuLite Synergy micropump

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Synergy® micropump was implanted as a bridge to heart transplantation in a middle-age lady with chronic advanced heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. After a good initial recovery, patient was discharged to ward, where her stay was prolonged due to non-healing operative wound over the micropump and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. After 3 months of therapy, the heart seemed to be recovered and the micropump was explanted. In view of the patient’s bleeding tendency, the micropump was explanted in staged manner.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Support, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, Middlesex, UB9 6JH, UK

    Prashant N. Mohite, Anton Sabashnikov, Diana Garcia, Bartlomeij Zych & Andre R. Simon

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Mohite, P.N., Sabashnikov, A., Garcia, D. et al. Staged and effortless explantation of CircuLite Synergy micropump. J Artif Organs 17, 272–274 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-014-0763-3

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