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Mechanical Circulatory Support--a Long and Winding Road
Patrick M. McCarthy,12*William A. Smith2
The highly public reintroduction of the total artificial heart
last year has prompted renewed interest in mechanical circulatorysupport systems for the treatment of end-stage heart disease.
1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery, George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure,
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
mccartp{at}ccf.org
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