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REPEAT STERNOTOMY: AN IMPROVED SURGICAL TECHNIQUE - Norman, John C.
During the past two years, approximately 75 repeat sternotomies have been performed, and in no instance has a cardiac chamber or great vessel been injured.
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AN INTRACORPOREAL (ABDOMINAL) LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE [ALVAD], XXX: CLINICAL READINESS AND INITIAL TRIALS IN MAN - Norman, John C.
The current clinical trials underwent two federal reviews (May 22, 1973 and October 17, 1974) and were the topic of an Ad Hoc Workshop at NHLI on October 28, 1973.â?¡â?¡â?¡ More recently, a consecutive series of 26 bovine ALVAD implantations were undertaken; acute and chronic hemodynamic effectiveness with maintenance or augmentation of the systemic circulation during profound ventricular unloading without undue blood trauma, intra-or extra-prosthetic thrombosis, or sepsis was demonstrated; no biomaterials problems were encountered.