AHA 2009: HeartMate II blood pump allows "particularly impressive" survival rate in severe heart failure
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Thoratec's HeartMate II artificial heart pump has demonstrated the longest-ever survival benefit in patients with advanced heart failure, bringing it closer to use as a permanent implant.
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