They may also be used as drainage and de-airing cannulae for left ventricular relaxation and aortic arch de-airing during cardiac bypass. With the retrograde cardioplegia cannula, the solution is ...

New Delhi: A top Army hospital in Delhi has performed India's "first-ever" left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation using a cutting-edge device at a government institution, the defence ...

Considering the need for LVAD implantation and to prevent scar-related reentrant arrhythmias at the inflow cannula and left ventricular apex anastomosis site, ablation was necessary at the incision ...

However, lvad implantation itself creates left ventricular scar at the junction of cannula and left ventricle and a potential mechanical stimulus for the induction of pro-arrhythmic ...