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While severe haemolysis accompanies BVAD support, erythrocyte damage is less pronounced in the axial LVAD examined and only slight in the intracorporeal centrifugal LVAD. Haemopexin, a scavenger of free haemoglobin, can be used, in combination with haptoglobin and free haemoglobin, to assess erythrocyte damage.
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