Surgical Considerations on the Use of the Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device TandemHeart® in Critical Aortic Valve Stenosis

Abbreviations

AS aortic stenosis

AVR aortic valve replacement

PCI percutaneous coronary intervention

LV left ventricle

pLVAD percutaneous left ventricular assist device

IABP intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation

AICD automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator

LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction

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